Edmonton to host 2021 world junior hockey championship with no fans The 10-team world under-20 men’s tournament is scheduled for Dec.
25 to Jan. 5 in the Alberta capital.“The game officials we would normally choose would have come from many different countries,” IIHF officiating manager Danny Kurmann said Wednesday in a statement.“Every additional person we bring into the bubble is a risk, so we decided to source the officials locally in order to reduce the risk to travelling personnel and teams.”[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The IIHF said all 10 participating countries approved of the decision.