{"id":542077,"date":"2026-03-17T10:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/542077\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:03:52","slug":"edmonton-calgary-and-prague-to-co-host-the-2028-world-cup-of-hockey-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/542077\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton, Calgary and Prague to co-host the 2028 World Cup of Hockey tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A joint media availability was scheduled for Monday afternoon at Rogers Place.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing off the amazing international hockey played at the recent Olympic Winter Games, NHL players are very excited to return to international hockey at the World Cup of Hockey 2028,\u201d said NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh. \u201cCalgary, Edmonton and Prague are cities with very deep roots in hockey, and the games will be played in three hockey venues that will be amongst the best in the world. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players cannot wait to don their home country\u2019s sweaters in Alberta and Prague in February 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event is being brought back for the first time since 2016 as part of a plan to have an international competition with the NHL\u2019s top players every even-numbered year, either the World Cup or the Olympics. <\/p>\n<p>NHL players returned to the Olympic stage in Milan last month after a 12-year absence.<\/p>\n<p>The United States beat Canada in overtime in a memorable gold-medal game that put the sport in the spotlight beyond just the hockey community.<\/p>\n<p>The expression of interest phase for the World Cup\u2019s host cities and venues began last June, the league said. <\/p>\n<p>The NHL and NHLPA launched a formal request for proposal phase for the 28 cities across North America and Europe in the running to host the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlberta is the right choice to host the World Cup of Hockey,\u201d said Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. \u201cThis bid was earned; few places in the world live and breathe hockey the way Alberta does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton, along with Toronto, was one of the sites of the pandemic \u201cbubbles\u201d used to hold the NHL playoffs in 2020. The Flames are scheduled to move into Scotia Place for the start of the 2027-28 season. <\/p>\n<p>Prague has hosted three IIHF world hockey championships since 2004, and the O2 Arena has hosted nine NHL regular-season games. <\/p>\n<p>The World Cup of Hockey made its debut in 1996. It was also played in 2004, with labour strife among the reasons it has not been staged regularly.<\/p>\n<p>Participating nations, schedule, ticket information and other tournament details will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>With files from The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 16, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A joint media availability was scheduled for Monday afternoon at Rogers Place. \u201cComing off the amazing international hockey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-542077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}