Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Ready to Celebrate 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship with Exhibit Launch Today

2011-12-15

—Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and Hockey Canada present IIHF World Junior Championship Exhibit, Dec. 15, 2011-May 28, 2012—

CALGARY— The IIHF World Junior Championship provides Canadians with some of the best annual hockey action, so to celebrate the 2012 tournament coming to Alberta for the first time since 1995, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and Hockey Canada have partnered to share the excitement of the event by opening the IIHF World Junior Championship Exhibit today.

“Together with Hockey Canada, we are pleased to present this new, limited-time exhibit in our Changing Gallery from Dec. 15, 2011 to May 28, 2012. The exhibit has been inspired by the rare opportunity of Calgary and Edmonton hosting the World Juniors and by the great fortune of having Hockey Canada as our newest next-door neighbour,” said Janice Smith, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame director of exhibits and programming. “The exhibit showcases the official team jerseys from the ten teams participating in this year’s World Juniors, team rosters, and medals and jerseys from World Junior standout players, including Canadian Jordan Eberle.”

”The World Juniors are a Canadian institution, having become a central part of the holiday season in our country,” said Bob Nicholson, president and CEO of Hockey Canada. “We are excited to partner with Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame to showcase not only this year’s tournament in Alberta, but the rich history of the World Juniors as well.”

The 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship will take place in Calgary and Edmonton from Dec. 26, 2011 to Jan. 5, 2012. The tournament is organized annually by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for national under-20 teams. The new exhibit at Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame will be open over the holidays, including Dec. 27-30 and Jan. 2.

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame will feature new exhibits in its Changing Gallery every six months. Admission to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame includes a visit to the new exhibit as well as the 11 galleries featuring 50 hands-on interactives and more than 1,000 artefacts, and the 120-seat theatre showing an 11-minute feature on Canada’s greatest sport moments.

About Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame is now open at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary and showcases 120 Canadian sport legends from 60 summer and winter sports. Our new building features 12 galleries, including the Changing Gallery with the new IIHF World Junior Championship Exhibit and 11 more galleries with artefacts and hands-on interactives, a 120-seat theatre, a retail store, and an Education and Resource Centre where visitors can experience Canada’s preserved sporting history, celebrate the contribution of sport to society, and be inspired by our nation’s sporting heroes to dream big! CSHoF is available to rent for family, social, and business functions. A visit to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame ranges in price from $8 (youth) to $12 (general admission), with complimentary admission to children under three and group rates available. Please visit www.sportshall.ca for more information.

About Hockey Canada

Hockey Canada is the governing body for hockey in Canada and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), with a membership through its 13 provincial branch associations of over 700,000 players, coaches and officials. Hockey Canada is a not-for-profit organization that creates leading-edge hockey development programs for its members to deliver in communities across Canada, provides consistent rules and regulations and various other membership services from coast to coast, manages numerous regional, national and international hockey championships and events, and leads the operation of all teams that represent Canada in international hockey competition. Hockey Canada’s mission is to “lead, develop and promote positive hockey experiences.”

For more information, please contact:

Bridget Cox
Manager, Marketing and Communication,

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

C: 403 836 2662
P: 403 776 1086

E: bcox@cshof.ca
www.sportshall.ca