Anton Lander, Sweden, Says US is Strongest in 2011 World Juniors

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The 2011 IIHF World Junior Championships begin in less than ten days in Buffalo. In the meantime, Canada and the United States -- heavy favorites to meet in the gold-medal game -- are continuing their preparations, and overseas participants are about to fly to North America.

Sweden is one of those teams about to travel to North America. Off a bronze-medal effort last year in Saskatoon, the Swedes are thought to be one of the teams in contention for a bronze medal again this year. They aren't regarded much higher than that.

Sweden and Canada will play in a pre-tournament exhibition Tuesday night. Most would assume this is a great chance for Sweden to test themselves against the best the event will have to offer. According to center Anton Lander, however, Canada isn't the team they should be the most worried about.

 

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Source: http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/12/17/anton-lander-sweden-says-us-is-strongest-in-2011-world-juniors/

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