Scott Salmond and Peter Anholt watched Canada s hopes at the world junior hockey championship evaporate in an instant. Seated in the last row of an aging Scandinavium arena, the program s brain trust had cobbled together a roster without five players in the professional ranks, plus two more lost to injury and illness that forced last-minute additions.
Fraser Minten had already played on three different teams two months into the season. His latest stop in a whirlwind campaign could see him wind up with a medal hanging from his neck.