World Juniors: Meet the Edmonton connections at this year's tournament
EDMONTON -- The World Juniors are set to begin at Rogers Place on Christmas Day and there's plenty of local connections for (virtual) Edmonton hockey fans to keep an eye out for. Team Canada has two Edmonton-area players as well as an Alberta-born Oilers draft pick. And the team's 2019 first round draft pick is back for his World Juniors. There's also plenty of backroom staff as well as on-ice officials Kyle Kowalski, Fraser Lawrence, and Deion Foster representing their home city as well. But, it's the players we'll all be focused on, and here are the four with Edmonton and Oiler...