BY: Ryan Kennedy


Team Slovakia came into the world juniors with very modest expectations – don’t get relegated, don’t play for relegation. Thanks to a win over the Swiss in the round-robin, it did indeed get a spot in the medal round, where it fell in the quarterfinal to Finland.

And though there were some notable names on the Slovakian squad – Tomas Jurco, Martin Marincin and Martin Gernat, for example – the youngest player on the team was also one of the most visible.

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