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Chicago Buffalo Pittsburgh among finalis - seestyle - 02-09-2023 The World Junior Championship, the annual tournament featuring top NHL prospects under 20 from around the world, has slowly become more and more popular in the United States. It may not be a cultural tradition as it has become in Canada, but hockey fans have caught on in recent years. Well, the tournament will be returning to the good ol' U.S. of A. in 2018.USA Hockey is in charge Alex Petrovic Women Jersey of selecting the host city for the tournament, which has become a major money-maker for the International Ice Hockey Federation and its member organizations in North America. Five cities have been selected as finalists to host the event, which typically runs from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 each year. Among the five left standing, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Tampa.Each market will have to prove that they can run a revenue-generating event and will be required to have no le s than two arenas suitable for hosting the 10-team tournament.The tournament was last held in the United States in 2011. Buffalo served as host city and Derek Mackenzie Kids Jersey saw the First Niagara Center packed to the gills for games featuring the U.S. and Canada. It was wildly succe sful financially and could make Buffalo favored to host again. Proximity to the Canadian border is Buffalos biggest advantage over the other markets as Canadians buy a lot of tickets for this thing. Buffalo has also been hosting a number of USA Hockey events in its brand new HARBORCENTER facility next to their NHL arena. They have that existing relationship with USA Hockey, which could be hard to overcome.That said, Pittsburgh has been expre sing interest in holding the tournament for some years now, as has Tampa.Both cities have recently hosted the Frozen Four and Tampa did such a good job in 2012, it is hosting again in 2016. Succe s with that event helps each's case. Also, with the way the have ignited a lot of hockey fervor in the market, having just reached the Stanley Cup Final in June, dont count out Tampa just because of the warm weather. There's also the snowbird advantage.Pittsburgh has been stoking the fires of one of the fastest-growing markets for youth hockey in the entire U.S. fever has certainly created its share of buzz since the arrival of . The Pens hosted USA Hockey's All-American Prospects Game recently, so there' Frank Vatrano Men Jersey s an existing event relationship there as well. owner Rocky Wirtz recently expre sed his desire to bring the World Juniors and eventually the rebooted World Cup of Hockey to a city where hockey is booming. Chicago is also slated to host the Frozen Four in 2017. With hockey's growth in the city, you'd have to expect Chicago to have a great shot at nabbing the tournament. The real surprise of the group is St. Louis. However, having hosted the Frozen Four and with the soaring popularity of the , now is Aleksi Heponiemi Jersey as good a time as any to try and attract the tournament.USA Hockey certainly has its work cut out for it as it is dealing with five markets where the local have really turned up the heat on hockey interest. That said, the World Juniors can be a tough sell in some places. It doesnt have the name recognition of an event like the Frozen Four and its only been on U.S. TV for about six years.However, with the Americans winning gold in 2010 and 2013, often with future NHL stars leading the team, interest has been shooting higher and higher in the U.S. The fact that so many of the players are tied to NHL teams as high draft Denis Malgin Kids Jersey picks also provides a built-in level of interest from NHL fans as well. According to its release, USA Hockey plans to narrow the field of five down further within the next 60 days. That will be followed up with on-site visits and the organization expects to select the host by the end of 2015.Previous host cities in the U.S. have included Buffalo (2011), Grand Forks, N.D./Thief River Falls, Minn. (2005), Boston (1996), Anchorage, Alaska (1989) and Minneapolis/St. Paul (1982).