The Montreal Canadiens sent four prospects to the World Junior Hockey Championships. All four of them entered the tournament with gold medal hopes and a team good enough to fulfill those hopes. Their biggest tests begin today with Quarter-final action taking place.
The first game up is an early one and it pits Alexander Romanov and the Russians against Switzerland. You would think Russia would be huge favourites when you hear those two teams are facing each other, but Switzerland finished higher in the preliminary round standings.
The Swiss also had an easier slate of games, but they defeated Finland 5-2, kept things reasonably close with Sweden, dominated Slovakia and took care of business with Kazakhstan.