I’m gonna be honest: I don’t know the effing rules as to who qualifies for to potentially play in the World Junior Championship in Halfiax and Moncton this December.
The 2023 World Junior Championship will include several Red Wings prospects, and, thankfully, the Sporting News’s Bryan Murphy explains the format to us:
Who can return to play in the 2023 World Juniors?
The tournament, which is classified as U20, allows only certain players to participate. The easiest way to figure out who is eligible for any of the World Juniors is to take the year of the tournament and subtract 20. For example, at the 2023 tournament, any player who was born in 2003 or later can play at the games.
So, which Red Wings prospects qualify?
- Red Savage, Team USA
- Simon Edvinsson, Team Sweden
That’s probably welcome news to both the former, who fell short of the medal round, and the latter, who fell short of expectations.
