The 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship is set to begin two days from now on Friday December 26, 2025! This year’s tournament will take place in Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota and is scheduled to run from December 26th - January 5th. The annual 10 country tournament will consist of the United States playing their preliminary-round games at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul for Group A alongside Sweden, Slovakia, Switzerland and Germany while Canada playing their games at 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis for Group B, alongside Finland, Czechia, Latvia and Denmark. This year for the second straight tournament, only 1 Devils prospect will be showcased. He is: • - F Kasper Pikkarainen 🇫🇮 FULL SCHEDULE: (all times Eastern) *all games will be televised on NHL Network and TSN* - Friday, Dec. 26 Sweden 🇸🇪 vs Slovakia 🇸🇰 1pm Denmark 🇩🇰 vs Finland 🇫🇮 3:30pm Germany 🇩🇪 vs United States 🇺🇸 6pm Canada 🇨🇦 vs Czechia 🇨🇿 8:30pm - Saturday, Dec. 27 Slovakia 🇸🇰 vs Germany 🇩🇪 ...