WJC TV schedule

The TV schedule for the World Junior Championship was posted over on Sioux Sports. All the USA games will be on the NHL Network which is channel 307 on MIDCO in Grand Forks, ND and channel 215 on Direct TV in the Fargo Area. I am excited that Dave Starman is going to be doing the games again this season. Starman does a really good job breaking down a game and you might recongnize him from the CSTV days when he used call the CSTV games and do a weekly podcast with Elliot Olshansky.

A holiday-season tradition will return to the NHL Network-U.S. for the third-straight season, as once again the network will broadcast all of Team USA's games at the 2010 World Junior Championship.

Gary Thorne, Dave Starman and Fred Pletsch will be the broadcast team for the tournament, which runs Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Saskatoon and Regina, Sask.

The network also will televise six other preliminary-round games, as well as all medal round games. For non-U.S. games, the network will utilize the TSN broadcast.

All 16 games will be aired in high-definition.

Thorne, who will handle play-by-play duties, boasts over 30 years of sports broadcasting experience. He served a 12-year stint (1992-2004) as the voice of ESPN's NHL telecasts and was also the lead hockey play-by-play voice of NBC's 2002 Olympic Winter Games. He currently serves as a play-by-play commentator for college football on ESPN and ABC, and for MLB on ESPN Radio.

Starman, who will serve as the color analyst, currently is the lead analyst for CBS College Sports' hockey coverage (AKA CSTV). He served as the analyst for the NHL Network's coverage of Team USA's games at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship, as well.

Pletsch, who will serve as the rinkside reporter, is a college hockey analyst on Fox Sports Detroit and has worked as a sideline reporter for ESPN and for NHL Network for the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship. He is the associate commissioner of the CCHA.

All times Eastern

Saturday, December 26
Latvia vs. Canada 4:00 pm
Czech Republic vs. Sweden 6:00 pm
Slovakia vs. USA 8:00 pm


Sunday, December 27
USA vs. Switzerland 4:00 pm
Czech Republic vs. Finland 6:00 pm


Monday, December 28
Canada vs. Switzerland 4:00 pm


Tuesday, December 29
Latvia vs. USA 4:00 pm
Sweden vs. Russia 6:00 pm
Canada vs. Slovakia 8:00 pm


Thursday, December 31
USA vs. Canada
8:00 pm

Saturday, January 2
Quarterfinal #1
5:00 pm
Quarterfinal #2
9:00 pm

Sunday, January 3
Semifinal #1 5:00 pm
Semifinal #2 9:00 pm

Tuesday, January 5
Bronze Medal Game 4:00 pm
Gold Medal Game 8:00 pm
[NHL.com]