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Two Los Angeles Kings prospects were competing for spots on Sweden’s final roster for the 2021 World Junior Championship, however, only one player made it through the final cut.
Tobias Bjornfot was named as one of Sweden’s eight defenders and will be a returning player for the team, having played at last year’s tournament. Helge Grans, however, was the last player cut from the team.
Roster update from Sweden🇸🇪: Helge Grans was cut as last player today and the @Trekronorse roster reduced to the final size of 25 players. Check out all rosters here: https://t.co/9sEm8FlWKJ pic.twitter.com/pcXJ7fHsoi
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 13, 2020
Bjornfot joins Quinton Byfield, Brock Faber, Arthur Kaliyev, Lukas Parik, Kasper Simontaival, Jordan Spence and Alex Turcotte as Kings prospects who will be playing at the tournament, while Martin Chromiak is also still with Team Slovakia, who have yet to finalize their roster.
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