GRAND FORKS, ND – Canada’s National Junior team, who is playing Russia in the gold medal game of the 2005 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship on Tuesday, January 4th at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT on TSN/RDS and the FAN radio network, will be returning home to their hometowns/club teams on Wednesday, January 5, 2005.

To best facilitate media requests on-site in Grand Forks after the game on Jan. 4th, we are including the airport arrival itinerary for Team Canada’s players and staff for January 5th, and where and when they may be available for interviews upon arriving to their club team/hometown.

Please note: All flights listed are subject to change time/date, and subject to flight delays and last minute changes. There will be no ‘formal’ press conferences at any of the arrival airports, but players and staff will be available to media.

After Canada’s game on January 4th, Team Canada will bus to Winnipeg (estimated arrival in Winnipeg will be after 2am CT). There will be NO media availability upon the team’s arrival in Winnipeg in the early morning hours of January 5th.

The players and staff will fly out of Winnipeg airport on January 5th, as per the flight schedule below. Media in Winnipeg may come to the Winnipeg airport prior to player’s departure times, but please respect the amount of time needed for check-in and security for the players departing.

FLIGHT INFORMATION FOR CANADA’S NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM
ALL FLIGHTS WILL DEPART WINNIPEG AIRPORT ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2005

Calgary Connections – AC8501 at 8:18 – Seabrook and MacArthur

AC8505 at 4:58 – Dawes

Toronto Connections – AC252 at 12:30 – Stewart and Hulton

AC254 at 12:50 – Perry, Carter, Syvret, Bergeron and Dixon

Vancouver Connections – AC295 at 11:15 – Weber

Montreal Connections – AC288 at 11:43 – Crosby

PLAYER
DEPART
FINAL LOCATION
LOCAL

ARRIVAL

TIME
FLIGHT #

Brent Seabrook
7:00am
Lethbridge
10:34am
AC 7231

Clarke MacArthur
7:00am
Medicine Hat
2:03pm
AC 7243

Anthony Stewart
7:10am
Kingston
1:24pm
AC 7838

Sidney Crosby
8:00am
Mont Joli
3:28pm
AC 8964

Rejean Beauchemin
8:15am
Regina
9:59am
AC 8345

Jeremy Colliton
8:15am
Regina
9:59am
AC 8345

Ryan Getzlaf
8:15am
Regina
9:59am
AC 8345

Shea Weber
8:50am
Kelowna
12:05pm
AC 286

Shawn Belle
9:05am
Pasco
1:14pm
UA 6723

Braydon Coburn
9:20am
Saskatoon
10:43am
AC 8481

Corey Perry
9:25am
London
2:45pm
AC 7713

Danny Syvret
9:25am
London
2:45pm
AC 7713

Patrice Bergeron
9:25am
Providence
3:43pm
AC 7412

Michael Richards
9:25am
Toronto
12:50pm
AC 254

Stephen Dixon
9:25am
Halifax
5:05pm
AC 612

Jeff Carter
9:25am
Sault Ste Marie
3:33pm
AC 7791

Andrew Ladd
9:45am
Vancouver
10:45am
WJ 207

Dion Phaneuf
11:00am
Calgary
12:05pm
WJ 659

Jeff Glass
11:00am
Calgary
12:05pm
WJ 659

Colin Fraser
11:00am
Calgary
12:05pm
WJ 659

Nigel Dawes (Jan.6th)
5:30pm
Cranbrook
6:19pm
AC 7253

Brent Sutter
11:00am
Calgary
12:05pm
WJ 659

Jim Hulton
1:24pm
Kingston
10:35am
AC7838

Peter DeBoer
9:25am
Toronto
12:50pm
AC254

Blair Mackasey
8:00am
Montreal
11:43am
AC 288