Question on Home/Away for Games in Boston

[rick6668]

Thinking about going to the Canada vs Finland game in Boston on Monday. How do we know who will be the home team (sitting on Boston's bench) and knowing who shoots twice at which end?

Thanks for any info.

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[ES]

I don't think there is a specific end reserved for the home team. At least in IIHF tournaments teams are assigned a dressing room for the entire tournament (host team gets 1st selection, then in ranking order) and benches for each game are selected optimizing that.

 

[Summer Rose]

Thinking about going to the Canada vs Finland game in Boston on Monday. How do we know who will be the home team (sitting on Boston's bench) and knowing who shoots twice at which end?

Thanks for any info.

According to the USA Hockey website, the designated visiting team is listed first in their list of games. If we're going by that, the away team designation for each game is (or has been):

Canada vs. Sweden
United States vs. Finland
Finland vs. Sweden
United States vs. Canada
Canada vs. Finland
Sweden vs. United States

Designated visiting team listed in bold. No information on who gets to be the designated home or away team in the championship game, but I would not be surprised if the designated home team is whoever finished first place in the group stage.

 

[rick6668]

According to the USA Hockey website, the designated visiting team is listed first in their list of games. If we're going by that, the away team designation for each game is (or has been):

Canada vs. Sweden
United States vs. Finland
Finland vs. Sweden
United States vs. Canada
Canada vs. Finland
Sweden vs. United States

Designated visiting team listed in bold. No information on who gets to be the designated home or away team in the championship game, but I would not be surprised if the designated home team is whoever finished first place in the group stage.

Thanks for the info!