Senators, Quebec City discuss joint bid to host 2023 World Juniors

2 years ago  /  Sportsnet

Quebec City and the have discussed a joint bid to host the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship, which was stripped from Russia after that country's invasion of Ukraine, but talks of the NHL team playing neutral-site games at the city's Centre Vidéotron did not progress beyond the preliminary stage. Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard said Wednesday that the Quebec government, the Senators and Quebecor are exploring the possibility of Ottawa and Quebec City entering a joint bid. Hockey Canada is hosting the rescheduled iteration of the 2022 World Juniors after the tournament was postponed because of rising COVID-19 cases late last year. “Are we have discussions with the Quebec government and Quebecor (the company that owns the Centre Vidéotron)? Girard also said Wednesday that the possibility of Quebec City hosting some Senators games was brought up during a January meeting he had with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman....

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