The Vancouver Canucks have three prospects on two teams at the World Junior Championships, which begin today, December 26th.

This is simply an article that you can return to for a check-in on when the Canucks’ prospects will be in action.

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Jonathan Lekkerimäki and Elias Pettersson should both be playing consistently in Sweden’s lineup. Pettersson has worked his way into the conversation after being a long shot to make this team. Lekkerimäki, if fully healthy, should be a mainstay in Sweden’s top-nine and will see a lot of power play time.

Here are Sweden’s games at the World Juniors:

The Finnish crease is a fluid situation where Canucks prospect Aku Koskenvuo is believed to be the second man on the depth chart. He could play himself into more starts but he will need to show well when he gets the call.

Here are Finland’s games at the World Juniors:

Teams will take New Year’s Day off before getting into the quarterfinals on January 2nd.

The semi-finals will take place on January 4th.

We will see the World Juniors final on January 5th to wrap up the tournament.