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Five former players on Team Canada’s 2018 World Junior hockey team are set for their first court hearing today, starting the first stage of what lawyers say will likely be a long legal process that could take more than two years to reach a verdict.
NHL players Michael McLeod and Cal Foote (both with the New Jersey Devils), Dillon Dubé of the Calgary Flames, Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers and former NHLer Alex Formenton are scheduled for a London, Ont., court hearing at 9:30 a.m. ET.
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