The Preds have three participants with the Swedish team – David Edstrom (F), Viggo Gustafsson (D) and Felix Nilsson (F) – while goalie Jakub Milota is on the Czech roster.

This year’s edition of the World Junior Championship began on December 26 and a champion is expected to be crowned on January 5 in the Canadian capital. Be sure to catch all the action on the NHL Network in the United States and on TSN in Canada – see the full program here – and stay tuned to this blog to stay up to date with some of Nashville’s top prospects in the days to come.

December 26:

Sweden started the day by beating Slovakia 5-2 in the final, with Edstrom collecting a secondary assist on his club’s fourth goal.

The United States reached double digits with a 10-4 victory over Germany. Willis had an assist on Brandon Svoboda’s second-period goal.