Does WJC take a lot of prep for the venue? I assumed the 9 road games were much more condensed than that.
I'm assuming they're going to redo/paint the ice, which apparently takes 4 days.
Teams probably have practice time/scrimmages and maybe a couple tune-up games?.
I remembered the pre-tourney games as I was typing but couldn't remember if there was special ice or not. And I suppose it would violate a bunch of advertising contracts for the Sens to play on WJC ice after 1/5 and delay the re-re-painting.