Brockville to host team ahead of World Junior Hockey Championship [Video]

A Canadian holiday tradition is coming to Brockville, Ont. 

This winter, the World Junior Hockey Championship will take place in Ottawa. Ten teams, including Team Canada, will start competing on Dec. 26, but they’ll hold practices and exhibition games in the weeks leading up to the tournament to select their final rosters. 

Earlier this year, Hockey Canada started accepting applications from municipalities within a two-hour drive of the nation’s capital to host a team for its training camp.

On Wednesday, the organization announced that Brockville had one of the successful bids and will host Team Switzerland.

“Tremendous excitement in the community, we just can’t wait,” Brockville Mayor Matt Wren told CTV News.

The team will practice at the Brockville Memorial Civic Centre, and on December 20 the venue will have an exhibition game featuring Switzerland and Czechia.

The bid cost the city $25,000 to cover food and hotel rooms for Team Switzerland, but Brockville city council unanimously approved it.

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