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Morning Flurries: Blowouts Left, Right, and Center in Edmonton

Days left until Opening Night January 13th vs. St. Louis Blues at Ball Arena: 17 days

The WJC’s are underway in the bubble in Edmonton after starting on Christmas Day. Yesterday saw a slate of games from Noon MT to 7:30 MT, including the first game for Bowen Byram and Team Canada of the tournament and the second game of back-to-back games for Drew Helleson and Team USA. To start the day was Sweden vs. the Czechs, with only one team showing up to play:

After the Czech’s took a 1-0 lead, Sweden woke up and did not look back, blowing out the Czech Republic 7-1, including this spectacular goal by Elmer Soderblom in the 3rd period:

The second game of the day was Germany vs.