The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship is underway in Edmonton and every single day of the group stage there is a Minnesota Wild prospect playing. So we figured, let’s just try and summarize what these kids did in those individual games.
Starting with Day 1 and some surprising breakout performances came out of it.
David Spacek, Czechia vs. Slovakia
Despite playing over 21 minutes in the tournament opener, Wild 2022 fifth-rounder and Czech defenseman David Spacek was not very noticeable. He appeared to be an active enough blueliner — getting his name called out by the play-by-play broadcasters as frequent as it takes to make someone recognize his name from now on — but just nothing substantial.