-- CTV to simulcast Team Canada's opening game against Finland
       on December 26 --
    -- ESPN Classic Canada celebrates Team Canada's finest moments
       with Classic World Junior Weekend --

TORONTO, Dec. 17 2003 -- TSN will televise complete Team Canada coverage
from the 2004 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship from December 26 to
January 5, as the world's best junior hockey players from 10 different
countries travel to Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland to face off for global
hockey supremacy. This marks the 13th consecutive year TSN has televised
hockey's annual holiday tradition.
    TSN will broadcast all of Team Canada's games as well as the
quarter-finals, semifinals and gold medal game. CTV will team up with TSN to
simulcast Team Canada's opening game against Finland on Friday, Dec. 26 at
11 a.m. ET.
    TSN's Gord Miller will be in Finland to call the play-by-play action
alongside colour commentator Pierre McGuire, while Farhan Lalji will be
rinkside each game for updates, reports and interviews. Hockey Insider Bob
McKenzie and Molson That's Hockey host Gino Reda will man the desk for TSN's
World Juniors studio shows.
    In addition, Lalji will provide daily reports for SportsCentre leading up
to and during the tournament. SportsCentre will also have analysis from TSN's
team of hockey experts.
    (xx)Media note: High-resolution World Juniors photos can be found on
www.ctvmedia.ca. Click on the TSN logo, then Photography, then
2004 IIHF World
Junior Hockey Championship.
    As part of its comprehensive coverage, TSN will televise the World Junior
Hockey Championship Preview Show on Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. ET. Hosted by
McKenzie and Reda from the TSN Studio, the informative 30-minute program will
provide viewers with all of the latest details regarding the annual
tournament, including in-depth features and exclusive interviews.

    TSN's complete 2004 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship broadcast
schedule is as follows:

    -  Wednesday, Dec. 24 - World Junior Hockey Championship Preview Show
       - 7 p.m. ET
    -  Friday, Dec. 26 - Canada vs. Finland - 11 a.m. ET - simulcast on
       CTV (TSN encore on Saturday, Dec. 27 at 12:30 a.m. ET)
    -  Sunday, Dec. 28 - Canada vs. Switzerland - 7:30 a.m. ET (encore at
       4:30 p.m. ET and Monday, Dec. 29 at 12:30 a.m. ET)
    -  Monday, Dec. 29 - Canada vs. Ukraine - 11 a.m. ET (encore at
       7 p.m. ET)
    -  Wed. Dec. 31 - Canada vs. Czech Republic - 8:30 a.m. ET (encore at
       12 midnight ET)
    -  Friday, Jan. 2 - Quarter-final - 8:30 a.m. ET (encore at 2:30 p.m. ET
       and Saturday, Jan. 3 at 12:30 a.m. ET)
    -  Saturday, Jan. 3 - Semifinal - 7:30 a.m. ET (encore at 12 noon and
       11:30 p.m. ET)
    -  Monday, Jan. 5 - Gold Medal Game - 12 noon ET (encore at 7 p.m. ET)
    Schedule subject to change

    TSN.ca has a special World Juniors page at www.tsn.ca/world_jrs,
featuring results, standings, schedules, statistics, news, interviews and a
complete history of the tournament. TSN.ca will also have a live scoreboard
for every game involving Team Canada.
    TSN's coverage of last year's World Juniors gold medal game drew the
largest audience in the network's 19-year history with 3,446,000 viewers (2+).
TSN also won a 2003 Gemini Award for Best Live Sporting Event for last year's
coverage of the final.
    TSN has been televising the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship since
1991. The tournament's appeal as a viewer favourite is evident as the top
three highest-rated TSN programs of all-time are World Junior broadcasts.
    Leading up to TSN's 2004 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship coverage,
ESPN Classic Canada invites fans to relive some of Team Canada's greatest
World Juniors moments with Classic World Junior Weekend from December 20 to
22.

    ESPN Classic Canada's complete Classic World Junior Weekend broadcast
schedule is as follows:
    Saturday, Dec. 20
    - 1991 Final - Canada vs. Soviet Union from Saskatoon      12 noon ET
    - 1993 Tournament - Canada vs. Sweden from Sweden          2 p.m. ET
    - 1994 Tournament - Canada vs. Sweden from Czech Republic  4 p.m. ET
    Sunday, Dec. 21
    - 1995 Tournament - Canada vs. The Czech Republic
                         from Calgary                          12 noon ET
    - 1996 Tournament - Canada vs. Sweden from Boston          2 p.m. ET
    - 1997 Tournament - Canada vs. USA from Switzerland        4 p.m. ET
    Monday, Dec. 22
    - 1982 Tournament - Canada vs. USSR from Winnipeg          12 noon ET
    - 1989 Tournament - Canada vs. USA from Anchorage, Ala.    2 p.m. ET
    - 1978 Tournament - Canada vs. CSSR from Montreal          4 p.m. ET
    Schedule subject to change

    TSN is Canada's Sports Leader. Setting the Canadian sports broadcasting
standard, TSN's flagship news program, SportsCentre, was voted the number-one
source for sports news by sports fans from across the country.(*) TSN's
comprehensive broadcast schedule also includes the NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
and international hockey, the Olympic Games, CFL, NFL, PGA TOUR and all four
golf Majors, Season of Champions curling, Formula One, NASCAR, Champ Car and
IRL auto racing, Blue Jays baseball, NBA, figure skating and amateur sports
action. TSN is available in eight million households. TSN's programming and
news content is also available on-line at TSN.ca.

    Spring/Summer Roper Reports Canada, July 26-September 6, 2002



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