TSN Hockey Reporter Mark Masters reports on the World Junior Hockey Championship. Team Canada practised on Saturday at the Westerner Park Centrium in Red Deer, Alta.
On Team Canada's stacked roster nobody scored more last season than Jack Quinn who potted a whopping 52 goals in 62 games with the Ottawa 67's. And yet Quinn had never been invited to a Hockey Canada event before the World Junior selection camp. As a result, Team Canada head coach Andre Tourigny felt Quinn was trying too hard to prove himself early on.
"A little nervous right off the bat not knowing a lot of guys," Quinn admitted, "but I think I settled in and got better as the camp went on and got a lot more comfortable with all the boys. It was a good transition and got better each day."