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| Team Canada fans cheer after a goal on Team Finland during the bronze medal game at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on January 5;2012. |
Edmonton and Calgary set a new attendance record for the IIHF world junior championship.
The two host cities of the 2012 event attracted 571,539 between the Scotiabank Saddledome and Rexall Place over the 11 day tournament, averaging 18,437 fans per game. Including the 31 tournament games in Calgary and Edmonton, world junior action made stops in nine communities during the pre-competition schedule.
The total smashed the previous record of 453, 282 set by Ottawa at the 2009 world juniors, which averaged 14,622 fans per game.
Next year's tournament will be held in Ufa, Russia, while the 2014 world juniors are staged in Malmo, Sweden. World junior action will return to Canada in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021.
On Jan. 5, Sweden defeated Russia 1-0 in overtime for the gold medal while Canada missed the final for the first time in 11 years but managed to walk away with hardware after defeating Finland 4-0 in the bronze medal game.
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