OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC -- The 2015 IIHF World Championship gets underway on Friday in the Czech Republic. Tyler Ennis and Canada take on Latvia (10:15 a.m. ET, TSN), while the United States squad faces off with Rasmus Ristolainen and Finland (10:15 a.m. ET, NBCSN).
Canada is in Pool A along with Latvia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria and France. All Pool A preliminary round games will be played at O2 Arena in Prague.
Team USA will be based in Ostrava, and their Pool B opponents are: Finland, Russia, Norway, Slovakia, Denmark, Belarus and Slovenia.