2016 WJC Preview: Team Denmark concentrating solely on avoiding elimination

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Photo: Seattle Thunderbirds forward Alexander True represented Denmark at the 2015 World Junior Championship, going pointless in five games (courtesy of Claus Andersen/Getty Images)


</p>At this point, Denmark head coach Olaf Eller, father to Lars and Mads, will be heading into the 2016 World Junior Championship without his biggest, and possibly only, true weapon in Nikolaj Ehlers, one of the stars of last winter’s WJC.

Currently a regular for the Winnipeg Jets, Ehlers’ participation would have made him one of the most highly profiled players in this year’s tournament, but now the Danes are facing a situation eerily similar to that of Team Germany’s in last winter’s WJC, when German Coach Pat Cortina somewhat unexpectedly couldn’t count on the services of Leon Draisaitl.… read more

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