YARMOUTH, N. .S. - Some of the worlds top young hockey players have gathered in Yarmouth, N.S., for the 2012 World Junior A Challenge. The tournament opens Monday when Russia takes on the Czech Republic, while Canada East meets the United States in the late game. Canada West, the defending gold medallist, and Switzerland play their tournament openers the following day. The 2012 World Junior A Challenge will follow the same format as previous years - the six teams will be separated into two groups of three teams. The group winners will receive an automatic bye to the semifinals, while the second-place and third-place teams will crossover for the quarter-finals. The gold medal game, which will be shown nationally on TSN2, the official broadcasters of Hockey Canada, is set for Sunday. The 2012 World Junior A Challenge marks just the second time in the tournaments seven-year history that it is being held east of Saskatchewan. Yarmouth joins Yorkton and Humboldt, Sask. (2006), Trail and Nelson, B.C. (2007), Camrose, Alta. (2008), Summerside, P.E.I. (2009), Penticton, B.C. (2010) and Langley, B.C. (2011) as host cities. Since the first World Junior A Challenge in 2006 in Yorkton and Humboldt, Sask., more than 100 NHL draft picks have played in the tournament, including 18 first-round selections (Beau Bennett, Alexander Burmistrov, Joe Colborne, Nikita Filatov, Mikhail Grigorenko, Dmitri Kulikov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Hampus Lindholm, John Moore, Vladislav Namestnikov, Riley Nash, Dylan Olsen, Jordan Schmaltz, Jaden Schwartz, Brendan Smith, Kyle Turris, Andrei Vasilevski and Nail Yakupov). Every gold medal game at the World Junior A Challenge has featured at least one Canadian team. Canada West won gold at the first two tournaments, in 2006 and 2007, before taking the top prize last year; it also earned silver in 2008 and 2009. Canada East was silver medallist in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011, and claimed bronze in 2008. [url=http://www.buccaneersofficialteamstore.com/autographed-jeremy-zuttah-jersey... Zuttah Jersey . -- Clayton Richard did a nice job using his off-speed pitches to keep the Oakland hitters guessing. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jersey .J. -- Instead of trashing his hotel room or moping after being taken out of the Philadelphia 76ers starting lineup for the first time this season, Spencer Hawes channeled his frustration on the court against the New Jersey Nets. . -- Jiyai Shin followed her tournament-record 9-under 62 with a 68 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead in the LPGA Tours Kingsmill Championship. [url=http://www.buccaneersofficialteamstore.com/autographed-michael-koenen-jerse... Koenen Jersey . In a game of wild swings and wild swings of emotion, the Tigers took a 4-0 lead into the ninth before Raul Ibanez struck again, hitting a tying, two-run homer with two outs that turned a sombre crowd into a delirious one. And then came a little grounder up the middle that devastated the Yankees and their fans, who saw their leader writhing on the ground, screaming in pain.BASEL, Switzerland -- Roger Federer pulled out of the Paris Masters on Sunday to rest before the ATP World Tour Finals in London. The top-ranked Swiss announced his move to withdraw from the tournament, which starts Monday, after losing a 2-hour, 44-minute final against Juan Martin del Potro at the Swiss Indoors. "Im not going. Its the only right decision for me," Federer said. "I had some niggling stuff and I didnt want to take a chance obviously before the World Tour Finals. I need some time to prepare." Fedeerer won the Paris trophy last year, and will defend his London title the following week. [url=http://www.buccaneersofficialteamstore.com/autographed-ted-larsen-jersey-fo... Larsen Jersey[/url]. "I had one of the best weeks of my life last year," said Federer, who last years Paris indoor event for the first time at age 30. "The fans were amazing and the last thing I want to do is mislead any fans. This is really just a last-minute decision." Federer will start a record 302nd week ranked No. 1 on Monday, but risks losing that status to Novak Djokovic in the final two weeks of the season. ' ' '