This was in today's Grand Forks Herald. I am hoping that REA is awarded the WJC because it is one of the best hockey experiences I have ever been able to witness. The championship game between Russian Canada was unbelievable, I have never heard the Ralph that loud ever.
I also think one of the biggest obsticles to the REA getting another World Junior Championship is that Grand Forks are competing with two big metropolitan areas; Buffalo New York and Minneapolis Minnesota. I would imagine that Buffalo is going to look pretty enticing to the World Junior Championship comittee because it is 98 miles from Toronto, Ontario and the Canadians will attend the WJC in big numbers.
GF to compete with Twin Cities, Buffalo for WJC
Brad Elliott Schlossman Grand Forks Herald
Published Thursday, August 21, 2008
USA Hockey confirmed this morning that Grand Forks will be competing against the Twin Cities and Buffalo, N.Y., to land the 2011 World Junior Championship.
Officials will make site visits in September and they are expected to announce a winner in December.
Grand Forks hosted the event in 2005. It was the highest-attended World Juniors ever on American soil.
The Twin Cities previously hosted the tournament in 1982. Buffalo has never hosted it.
"It's a real treat for sports fans in our country to have the World Junior Championship back in the United States," USA Hockey president Ron DeGregorio said. "It's a very special event with an extremely high level of talent."
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