World Junior: Depth of Team Canada shows through By CHRIS STEVENSON, QMI Agency

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UFA, RUSSIA - Down three forwards 26 minutes into its game against Slovakia Friday, Canada's depth got a workout.

Turns out 17-year-olds Jonathan Drouin and Nathan MacKinnon, the linemates from the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL, were up to the task.