After speed bumps for several teams before they even got to Canada—and even including the Canadian camp—the World Junior Championship (WJC) is still scheduled to start this week on Christmas Day. Still, COVID-19 continues to present problems.
Sweden and Germany were barred from pre-tournament games due to persisting positive cases. As of Monday, all of Team Sweden was cleared to enter the bubble with a complete slate of negative tests, while Team Germany found an additional positive test among their staff.
As we continue to monitor the COVID situation inside the Edmonton bubble, I’m back to preview Pool B of this year’s WJC.