Overview

• Hockey Canada confirmed Dale Hunter as head coach and appointed Mark Hunter to its senior hockey operations group for the 2026 world juniors.
• The brothers reunite after guiding Canada to gold in 2020 in Ostrava, Czechia, and will seek to avoid quarter-final exits suffered in Gothenburg (2024) and Ottawa (2025).
• Team Canada will convene at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Minnesota from July 25 to August 2 to evaluate prospects and begin roster selection.
• As co-owners and executives of the OHL’s London Knights, where they have won six league titles and three Memorial Cups, the Hunters draw on a proven junior development pipeline.
• The 2026 world juniors begin on Boxing Day in Minneapolis–St. Paul, where Canada will pursue its record-extending 21st gold medal.