<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> 2018. worldjunior. hockey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2017 2019 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 42nd Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York at the KeyBank Center and HarborCenter . It opened on December 26, 2017 and closed with the gold medal game on January 5, 2018 . It was the sixth time that the United States has hosted the IHWJC, and the second time that Buffalo has done so, previously hosting in 2011 . </P> <P> A preliminary round game between Canada and the United States was played outdoors at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park, New York on December 29, 2017 . It was the first ever "outdoor game held at any top - level IIHF world championship ." </P>

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