JAN BEDNAR

Kirill Tyutyayev made a name for himself at last year’s NHL Prospects Tournament. Tyutyayev scored a goal and picked up a pair of assists Saturday in the Detroit Red Wings’ prospects 5-4 loss to the Dallas Stars at Centre I.C.E. Elmer Soderblom, Tyutyayev’s linemate, had a goal and an assist. Cross Hanas scored a breakaway goal and Trenton Bliss also scored for Detroit. The Red Wings (1-1) are off Sunday before wrapping up the tournament Monday against the Toronto Maple Leafs (11 a.m., live-streamed on DetroitRedWings.com).

The Detroit Red Wings had nine prospects at the World Junior Championship, more than any other team. That was among the questions from MLive readers in the latest Red Wings mailbag:Q: Disappointed that Cossa didn’t play more than one game for Canada at the World Juniors. The Red Wings’ top four is pretty much set with the likely pairs of Ben Chiarot-Moritz Seider and Olli Maatta-Filip Hronek. The Red Wings will sign him on their terms. More: Red Wings set dates for Prospects Tournament, training camp

Seven prospects from the Detroit Red Wings, representing all four nations, advanced to Friday’s semifinals of the World Junior Championship at Rogers Place in Edmonton. Jan Bednar, a fringe goalie prospect for the Red Wings, has struggled for Czechia, posting a 4.00 goals-against average and .851 save percentage in three games. The Red Wings selected Bednar in the fourth round in 2020 (107th overall). Sweden vs. Finland, 8 p.m. (NHL Network)Three Red Wings prospects are playing for Sweden, seeking its first gold medal since 2012. Wallinder, the Red Wings’ second pick (32nd overall in 2020) has two assists and a plus-1 rating in five games, averaging 15:52 of ice time.

Watch the World Junior Championships on DirecTV StreamGROUP ACANADA (2-0-0) vs. CZECHIA (1-0-1)Where: Rogers Place (Edmonton, Alberta)Time: 6:00 p.m. Canada opened up by scoring four in the opening 20 minutes, before adding another four in the second period. Watch the World Junior Championships on DirecTV StreamGROUP BAUSTRIA (0-2-0) vs. UNITED STATES (2-0-0)Where: Rogers Place (Edmonton, Alberta)Time: 2:00 p.m. ETChannel: NHL NetworkStream: DirecTV Stream, FuboTV, SlingThe Americans had another impressive performance on Thursday night, making easy work of Switzerland. However, the American picked up steam in the second, scoring five in the frame, sending Switzerland to a 7-1 loss.

(Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)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:🇸🇪 Team Sweden -- five Red Wings prospects:🇫🇮 Team Finland -- one Red Wings prospect:🇨🇿 Team Czech Republic -- one Red Wings prospect:The international U-20 tournament got underway Christmas Day. Only the top four teams in each group will proceed from the preliminary round to play in the single-game elimination playoff round. The United States is competing in Group B with Russia, Sweden, Czech Republic and Austria. View: Detroit Red Wings 2020 NHL Entry Draft picksFollow updates here:

Raymond, who was selected 4th overall by the Detroit Red Wings at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, is representing Sweden. The 18-year-old right wing is one of seven Red Wings prospects competing in this tournament. Raymond highlights:This pass by Lucas Raymond. pic.twitter.com/zeQy1E5zn3 — IcehockeyGifs (@IcehockeyG) December 26, 2020Albert Johansson and Lucas Raymond with a give-and-go, a potential view of the future in Detroit. Tracking Red Wings prospects at WJC:🇸🇪 Team Sweden -- five Red Wings prospects:🇫🇮 Team Finland -- one Red Wings prospect:🇨🇿 Team Czech Republic -- one Red Wings prospect:The international U-20 tournament got underway Christmas Day.

The Detroit Red Wings will have seven prospects competing in the World Junior Championship, including five for Sweden. He had two goals and two assists in seven games last year on Sweden’s bronze medal-winning team. Raymond is playing for Frolunda in Sweden’s highest men’s league, where he has five goals and seven assists in 21 games. His transition to Frolunda’s men’s team has been difficult (no points in seven games). Gustav Berglund, a 2019 sixth-round selection (177th overall), plays for Vasteras in Allsvenskan (two assists in 16 games), Sweden’s second division.

The Red Wings have Jonathan Bernier, 32, and Thomas Greiss, 34, as stopgaps. He spent the majority of the season with Sokolov in the second division (24 games, 3.26 GAA, .873 save percentage). He is on loan to Almtuna in Sweden’s second-highest league (2.99 GAA, .900 save percentage in three games). Fulcher will fill the Red Wings' goalie exposure requirement for the 2021 Seattle expansion draft. The Red Wings signed him to a two-year entry-level contract in April.

(Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Here are the 2020 NHL Entry Draft picks by the Detroit Red Wings:Detroit GM Steve Yzerman was able to add picks through in-draft trades -- he also traded for a future pick:Read more: Red Wings' Kris Draper drafts his son, Kienan Draper, in 7th roundView: 2020 NHL Entry Draft first round selectionsRead back: Here’s who Red Wings selected in 2019 NHL DraftSign up for my Red Wings newsletterSign up here for the latest news on the team and from around the league, and some jokes (good ones).

The Detroit Red Wings added two players in the fourth round of the NHL draft Wednesday, including a goaltender. Prior to that, the Red Wings took right wing Sam Stange at No. The Red Wings took defenseman Kyle Aucoin (5-10. Detroit used its pick at 187 in the seventh round to take Kienan Draper, son of Kris Draper, the Red Wings' director of amateur scouting and a long-time player and front-office executive for the club. After selecting Draper, the Red Wings dealt their seventh-round pick in 2021 to the St. Louis Blues for the 203rd pick this year.