Detroit — It wasn’t the way Filip Zadina wanted things to go, these last several weeks at the world junior tournament.
Zadina, playing for his native Czech Republic, wanted to duplicate the success of a year ago (Zadina had seven goals in seven games) and lead his country to a medal.
It didn’t go that way.
The Czech Republic didn’t reach the medal round and Zadina had no goals and one assist in five games. In a lot of ways, it was a dud.
Zadina is returning to the Grand Rapids and will join the Griffins Tuesday for practice.