Oh Canada will Sing out again Saskatoon.

Saskatchewan to host 2010 world juniors: sources
Announcement on bid to host the 2010 hockey event could come as early as today
Cory Wolfe and Kevin Mitchell, TheStarPhoenix.com
Published: Monday, July 07, 2008
Hockey Canada is poised to announce that Saskatoon and Regina have landed the world junior hockey championships.

Multiple sources indicated to The StarPhoenix Sunday that an announcement on Saskatchewan's successful bid to host the 2010 event will come as early as today.

The Saskatoon/Regina group was bidding on either the 2010 or 2012 championships; Saskatchewan previously staged the 1991 event.


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An announcement that Saskatchewan will host the 2010 world junior hockey championships could come as early as today
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Font:****The Canadian roster then included Eric Lindros, Scott Niedermayer, Kris Draper and unlikely hero John Slaney, who scored a late goal to edge the Russians in the gold-medal game at the building now known as Credit Union Centre. Other prominent players in the '91 tournament included Pavel Bure (Russia), Doug Weight (United States) and Ziggy Palffy (Czechoslovakia).

Saskatchewan bid unsuccessfully on the last four world junior tournaments awarded to Canada: Winnipeg (1999), Halifax (2003), Vancouver (2006) and Ottawa (2009).

In all likelihood, the 2010 Canadian team will feature a strong Saskatchewan flavour. Defenceman Jared Cowen of Allan is projected to be a top-five pick in the 2009 NHL draft. Saskatoon-raised forwards Jimmy Bubnick and Brayden Schenn are also pegged as elite prospects, as is Saskatoon Blades defenceman Stefan Elliott of North Vancouver, B.C.

Canada's preliminary-round games, as well as the medal round, would be played at Saskatoon's Credit Union Centre. The facility is scheduled to undergo a significant facelift with plans for new dressing rooms and the addition of about 1,000 seats to increase capacity to 12,000.

Regina's 5,600-seat Brandt Centre will host round-robin action for the other pool.

Saskatoon's profit guarantee was earlier reported to be in the $12.5 million range, the same amount Ottawa pledged when it won the 2009 championship.

Saskatchewan's $10-million guarantee for the same event was to be underwritten by the provincial government ($8 million) and the City of Saskatoon ($2 million), if necessary.