"With the holidays comes the under-20 World Junior Championship, an annual hockey tournament that runs from Dec. 26 until Jan. 5. Team Canada's journey begins on Friday evening, and on Friday afternoon, they announced that their goal horn will be the Blue Jays' home run/victory horn. It was a horn that was heard quite often in October in some key moments. Take George Springer's three-run home run in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series as an example. It only added to the atmosphere, and it was the same case when Jeff Hoffman closed it out."
"There have been plenty of other great memories with the horn as well. Late in the 2015 season, Russell Martin hit a three-run home run against the New York Yankees with the horn drowning out Buck Martinez's call. Later that season, the home run horn helped elevate José Bautista's bat flip home run in the American League Divisional Series against the Texas Rangers. I've routinely noted that the Martin home run is one of my favourite sporting moments in history. You can also add a few of the home runs during the 2025 postseason, namely Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s grand slam in Game 2 of the ALDS and the aforementioned Springer home run. However, another one of my favourite sporting memories was thanks to a Team Canada goal in the World Juniors."
Team Canada opens the under-20 World Junior Championship on Friday evening and will use the Toronto Blue Jays' home run/victory horn as its goal horn. The tournament runs Dec. 26 to Jan. 5. The Blue Jays' horn was prominent during the October postseason, highlighted by George Springer's three-run homer in Game 7 of the ALCS and Jeff Hoffman closing out the series. Other memorable horn moments include Russell Martin's 2015 three-run homer and José Bautista's 2015 ALDS bat flip, plus Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s 2025 ALDS grand slam. Team USA won gold in 2024 and 2025. Canada has 20 total tournament gold medals. The 2026 tournament will be in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Canada is grouped with Finland, Latvia, Denmark, and Czechia and plays Czechia Friday evening.
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