Wild Prospects in the World Junior Championships

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Today, the 2014 World Junior Hockey Championships kick off in Malmo, Sweden. If you haven't seen already, Canada got off to a blazing start with a 7-2 pouncing over Germany.

The Wild have three players competing in the tournament over the next week. They are:

Matt Dumba-Canada
Gustav Olofsson-Sweden
Christoph Bertschy*-Switzerland
*denotes injured and not playing

Dumba notched one assist in the Canadian win this morning, and you can see it here.

For the best coverage of the World Juniors, you are probably better off trying http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/. The United States is set to play at 10:30 AM CDT againsr the Czech Republic.


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