UNITED STATES AND CANADA SET TO SHATTER ATTENDANCE RECORD

More than 40,000 fans have tickets to witness the most attended game in World Junior Championship history

Posted 12/28/17

BUFFALO, N.Y. (December 28, 2017) --- The United States and Canada are set to shatter the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship attendance record tomorrow afternoon with a crowd of more than 40,000 at New Era Field in Orchard Park, N.Y. The preliminary round game is set to faceoff at 3:00 p.m. ET and will be carried live on the NHL Network. The previous attendance record for an IIHF World Junior Championship game was January 5, 2009, in Ottawa, Ont., between Canada and Sweden, with 20,380 fans witnessing that gold-medal game matchup.

Tickets remain for tomorrow’s contest, and are available on BuffaloWorldJuniors.com. Tickets also remain for all preliminary round and medal round games.

 

NOTES: Parking gates at New Era Field open at 12:00 p.m. … As part of festivities for the game, The Billievers will be playing beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Labatt West End Zone Plaza.