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The 2018 World Juniors took place from December 26th through January 5th.  The Habs had a trio of players participating in defenceman Victor Mete plus 2017 draft picks Ryan Poehling and Joni Ikonen.  Here is how each player fared.

Joni Ikonen (Finland)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI
Dec. 26 Canada 0 0 0 -1 1 19:22
Dec. 28 Denmark 0 1 0 +1 1 16:15
Dec. 30 Slovakia 1 0 0 E 2 13:59
Dec. 31 USA 0 0 0 E 0 5:51
Jan. 2 Czech Rep. 0 0 0 -1 2 17:50
Totals 1 1 0 -1 6 73:17

Victor Mete (Canada)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI
Dec. 26 Finland 0 1 0 +3 3 21:04
Dec. 27 Slovakia 0 1 0 +3 4 25:36
Dec. 29 USA 0 0 2 E 1 23:52
Dec. 30 Denmark 0 0 0 +1 2 7:39
Jan. 2 Switzerland DNP – Lower-body injury
Jan. 4 Czech Rep. 0 0 0 +1 1 21:24
Jan. 5 Sweden 0 1 0 +3 1 21:57
Totals 0 3 2 +11 12 121:32

Mete was named Canada’s Player of the Game on December 26th.

Ryan Poehling (USA)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI
Dec. 26 Denmark 0 0 0 +1 3 15:17
Dec. 28 Slovakia 0 1 0 E 4 15:57
Dec. 29 Canada 0 0 0 E 0 23:33
Dec. 31 Finland 0 0 0 -2 2 17:12
Jan. 2 Russia 0 1 0 +1 1 20:25
Jan. 4 Sweden 0 0 0 -1 2 17:43
Jan. 5 Czech Rep. 1 0 0 +2 3 17:09
Totals 1 2 0 +1 15 127:24

Over the years, many of the Canadiens and their prospects have played in this tournament.  Here is a look at how each of those players performed.

Goalies

Player Year(s) Country Record GAA SV% SO
Carey Price 2007 Canada 6-0-0 1.14 .961 2
Zach Fucale 2014/15 Canada 8-2-0 1.81 .911 2
Al Montoya 2004/05 USA 9-3-0 2.39 .920 2

Defence

Player Year(s) Country GP G A PTS PIMS
Jakub Jerabek 2010/11 Czech Rep. 12 2 8 10 4
Karl Alzner 2007/08 Canada 13 1 2 3 2
Noah Juulsen 2017 Canada 7 0 2 2 4
Shea Weber 2005 Canada 6 0 0 0 10

Forwards

Player Year(s) Country GP G A PTS PIMS
Max Friberg 2010/11 Sweden 12 11 2 13 26
Jonathan Drouin 2013/14 Canada 13 5 8 13 24
Jacob de la Rose 2013-2015 Sweden 20 5 5 10 32
Tomas Plekanec 2001/02 Czech Rep. 14 4 5 9 6
Artturi Lehkonen 2013-2015 Finland 16 6 3 9 12
Ales Hemsky 2002 Czech Rep. 7 3 6 9 6
Alex Galchenyuk 2013 USA 7 2 6 8 4
Brendan Gallagher 2012 Canada 6 3 3 6 12
Charles Hudon 2014 Canada 7 1 1 2 2
Phillip Danault 2013 Canada 6 0 1 1 2
Markus Eisenschmid 2014/15 Germany 13 1 0 1 10
Max Pacioretty 2008 USA 6 0 0 0 8

Spengler Cup

The Habs also had a prospect at the Spengler Cup as Jake Evans suited up for Canada, who took home the title for the third straight year.

Jake Evans (Canada)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI
Dec. 26 Mountfield HK 0 0 0 -1 0 14:45
Dec. 28 HC Davos 0 0 0 E 2 5:34
Dec. 30 Mountfield HK 0 0 0 -1 0 4:05
Dec. 31 Switzerland 0 0 0 +1 1 11:19
Totals 0 0 0 -1 3 35:43