The 2020 World Junior Championships are upon us! Starting today the championship will run though the New Years and on to January 5th. Played in the home nation of both Petr Mrazek and Martin Necas in the Ostrava and Trinec of the Czech Republic, the WJC features 10 teams with prospects from all 31 teams in the NHL. Five, in fact, from the Carolina Hurricanes.
The 10 teams are split into two groups. Group A consists of defending champion Finland which hosts three Hurricanes prospects, along with Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia and Kazakhstan and will play its preliminary-round games at Werk Arena in Trinec.