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Why New Jersey Devils Fans Care About World Junior Championship

Every year, the National Hockey League is off on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas. The positive though for hockey fans, is every year on December 26th the World Juniors Tournament begins. The worlds best players that are under 20 from all of the hockey power countries play a round robin tournament with a one game elimination playoff. That always includes some great New Jersey Devils prospects.

The tournament is divided into two groups of five teams, and your group is who you play in the round robin. Group A consists of Canada, Czech Republic, Russia, Denmark and Switzerland.