CARLSON TO MAKE DEBUT IN QUEBEC

Hero from '10 WJC gold medal game for USA

Quebec City, Que.- The much anticipated debut of defenseman, John Carlson will take place on Saturday against the Remparts in Quebec according to Timberwolves coaches.
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"Carlson will start today in place of [Niklas] Kronwall," said head coach Craig Hartsburg. "He will play on the third pairing with Nick Schultz."
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Carlson has an extensive resume of coming up big in big games. No bigger than his overtime winner over Canada at the World Junior Championships on January 5, 2010 in the gold medal game for Team USA.
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Originally drafted in the second round of the 2008 Draft by the now defunct Lahr club, Carlson was drafted again in the Contraction Draft by the Timberwolves in 2010. Being drafted out the USHL from the Indiana Ice, he then went onto the OHL's London Knights where he played with Timberwolves centre and 2009 first-overall-pick, John Tavares before spending all of last season with Thunder Bay's minor-league affiliate the Duluth Pups. This pre-season, the opening night roster spot was between he and Niklas Kronwall. The veteren Swede won that night, but now it is the Massachusetts-born, New Jersey-raised blueliners turn.