Here’s a look at how the seven Detroit Red Wings prospects participating in the 2021 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships are performing.
Here’s how they’re doing:
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🇸🇪 Team Sweden -- five Red Wings prospects:
- F Elmer Soderblom (round 6, 159th overall in 2019 draft)
- F Lucas Raymond (round 1, 4th overall in 2020 draft)
- F Theodor Niederbach (round 2, 51st overall in 2020 draft)
- D Albert Johansson (round 2, 60th overall in 2019 draft)
- D Gustav Berglund (round 6, 177th overall in 2019 draft)
🇫🇮 Team Finland -- one Red Wings prospect:
- D Eemil Viro (round 3, 70th overall in 2020 draft)
🇨🇿 Team Czech Republic -- one Red Wings prospect:
- G Jan Bednar (round 4, 107th overall in 2020 draft)
The international U-20 tournament got underway Christmas Day. There are 10 nations competing in the preliminary round -- two groups of five. Only the top four teams in each group will proceed from the preliminary round to play in the single-game elimination playoff round.
Canada is competing in Group A with Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia and Germany. The United States is competing in Group B with Russia, Sweden, Czech Republic and Austria. You can track the standings here.
The playoff round got started Jan. 2. Semi-final games will be held Jan. 4, followed by the medal games on Jan. 5.
Games are being broadcast live on NHL Network (TSN).
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