Canada faces early world juniors test vs. archrival Americans

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HELSINKI (NEWS 1130) — It won’t take long for Canada’s junior hockey team to find out how it stacks up against the other heavy hitters at the 2016 world championship.

Canada kicks off the defence of its world junior title with a matchup versus the archrival United States on Saturday. The Americans are one of the favourites of the tournament and will measure just how well Canada’s roster has come together in the short time since training camp started at the beginning of the month.

A stiff challenge this early in the tournament is something new for the Canadians. Over the past four seasons, Canada and the U.S. have played on New Year’s Eve or Dec. 30, with the Canadians easing into the tournament with an opener against an opponent not considered a favourite (Slovakia last year, Germany the previous two).

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