The 2018 IIHF World Championships kick off today in Denmark, and five Dallas Stars will represent three national teams this year.
Blueliner John Klingberg and forward Mattias Janmark will play for Sweden, who begin play today at 8:15 p.m. Central European Summer Time (1:15 p.m. CDT) in a match with Belarus. Center Radek Faksa and the Czech Republic start their tournament on Saturday against Slovakia, while D-man Julius Honka will play for Finland against Korea earlier in the day. (Defensive ultra-prospect Miro Heiskanen was not on the official Finnish roster yesterday, but only because of illness.