Koivu, Niederreiter among 6 Wild players headed to World Championship
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A half-dozen members of the Minnesota Wild will play in the upcoming World Hockey Championship.
Mikko Koivu and Mikael Granlund will represent Finland, Nino Niederreiter and Christoph Bertschy will play for Switzerland, Matt Dumba is donning the maple leaf for Canada, and Jordan Schroeder will suit up for the United States, the club announced Tuesday.
Dumba's participation was revealed last month.
The World Championship exhibition schedule is already underway, and the tournament officially begins Friday in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia.
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