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Canada favored against tough junior field

By Scott Burnside
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, December 23, 2004

If it's true to suggest North America's hockey community has been starving for action, it's about to enjoy a bountiful buffet with the start of the World Junior Championships in Grand Forks, N.D., and Thief River Falls, Minn. Beginning Christmas Day and continuing through the gold-medal game on Jan. 4, the world's best under-20 players will gather for the annual event. The NHL lockout means that rosters are chock full of NHL draft picks, some of whom would otherwise be playing in the NHL or wi ...

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