World Junior Championships

The Chicago Blackhawks are still off until Tuesday thanks to the NHL’s extended Christmas break, but fans who are craving some hockey action will be able to catch some of the team’s top prospects in the World Junior Championships, which begin on Sunday in Canada.

Chicago Blackhawks fans are left holding their collective breath after center Kirby Dach was forced to leave Team Canada’s exhibition game against Russia on Wednesday with what appears to be an upper body injury. Dach, currently on loan to the Canadians’ World Junior Championships squad, was playing in the exhibition tilt Wednesday when he went to make a body...