The remainder of the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship in Alberta, Canada has been cancelled due to COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, following the third game forfeiture in the past two days.
The 10-team WJC was scheduled to run through Jan. 5 in Edmonton and Red Deer. Participating this year were Austria, host Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
It is the first time in 44 years, according to sportsnet.ca, that the world's premiere men's hockey under-20 tournament will not crown a champion. The U.S. won last year's event in Edmonton, besting Canada by a 2-0 score in the gold medal game.
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