The World Juniors are a wonderful time to look and see what the prospects for your favorite team actually look like playing the sport of hockey. The Minnesota Wild have six players representing five different countries and in the first day of action, a lot of them were on the ice.
Let’s see what they did.
Pavel Novak, Czechia vs. Canada
Heading into the tournament, Pavel Novak was certainly at the bottom when it came to the level of excitement surrounding any of the six Minnesota prospects, but after this wicked one-timer he unleashed to give Czechia their second goal of the crazy first period against Canada that ended 3-3.