Executive Director, 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship – Hockey Canada

Denis Hainault is the Executive Director for Hockey Canada, ensuring the overall delivery of the 2017 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship, in Toronto and Montreal. Before being appointed to his role with Hockey Canada, Hainault was the Vice President of sport for the 2015 Pan-American and Parapan-American Games in Toronto. Hainault’s experience also includes being the managing expert for venue management and ice hockey with the 2014 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, as well as the General Manager of Ice Hockey Venues and Director of Ice Sports with the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C.