USA Hockey confirmed this morning that Grand Forks will be competing against the Twin Cities and Buffalo, N.Y., to land the 2011 World Junior Championship.
Officials will make site visits in September and they are expected to announce a winner in December.
Grand Forks hosted the event in 2005. It was the highest-attended World Juniors ever on American soil.
The Twin Cities previously hosted the tournament in 1982. Buffalo has never hosted it.
"It's a real treat for sports fans in our country to have the World Junior Championship back in the United States," USA Hockey president Ron DeGregorio said. "It's a very special event with an extremely high level of talent."
