Canada opened the tournament with a 5-3 win over Russia last night. Tonight they will be back in action against Slovakia.

Tuesday schedule at the 2017 World Junior hockey championships

Leafs Prospect Grundstrom scored a great goal for the Tre Kronor an you can watch it here.

Jeremy Bracco was also playing yesterday for Team USA. Read Scott Wheeler’s interview with him here.

Minsk tops Canada in opening game - Glove and Mail
Team Canada was not so lucky in the Spengler Cup tournament

The NHL is back in action tonight. Twenty teams will play, but the Leafs are not one of them. They will return tomorrow to start the back-to-back Florida road trip.

The Marlies, however, were already playing yesterday, and lost 2-1 to the IceCaps in the Boxing Day Classic.

We will have lots of World Juniors coverage for you again today, so stay tuned!

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