The International Ice Hockey Federation is trying to pull off an international event at a time when a pandemic has the majority of the world shut down. The World Junior Championship has been reduced to a single venue with stringent quarantine protocols to try to keep everyone in the bubble safe.
It’s proving a hard thing to manage, as there have been issues just getting everyone to Edmonton to enter the pre-tournament quarantine. Sweden was forced to leave four players, as well as their head coach, Tomas Montén, and several assistants, back at home because of positive tests.