It's medal time! With yesterday's first-round knockout stage and the semi-finals tomorrow, we are down to the final four at the prestigious World Junior Classic Tournament. Here are three prospects that have outperformed expectations throughout the tournament: Filip Mešár, Team Slovakia What a ride it was for Team Slovakia! A country with a population of only 5.5 million people issued a massive challenge to the major hockey country and hosts, Canada. The Slovaks drove the Canadiens to overtime after overcoming a two-goal deficit. Slovakia put their heart and soul into the game, as depicted by the numerous shot blocks and sacrifice the team showed. But unfortunately, the team fell to Connor Bedard's spectacular goal after an amazing effort. Filip Meár was surely the best Slovakian forward on the ice throughout the tournament. Mesar, who served as an assistant captain for his home nation, was among the tournament ice-time leaders among forwards, averaging just over 19 minutes
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