The World Junior Championships were moved only by circumstance to August from their usual time around high school winter break, but perhaps they should become a permanent summer fixture. Hockey in August shouldn’t make sense, but it felt right during the pandemic bubble in 2020, and it feels right now.
The World Juniors kicked off yesterday, and there are perhaps a few more New York Islanders fans watching than there normally might be. As we noted yesterday, four Islanders prospects are participating this year, three of them with Finland, who played yesterday.
One of them had himself a night, and I bet you can guess who.