CALGARY -- The battle for jobs on defence and at forward on Canadas junior hockey team may be over, but the internal goaltending competition is underway. Malcolm Subban of the Belleville Bulls and Jordan Binnington of the Owen Sound Attack will try to prove during Canadas pre-competition camp in Finland next week that they deserve to be Canadas starter at the world junior hockey championships in Ufa, Russia. Canadian head coach Steve Spott revealed Saturday that Jake Paterson of the Saginaw Spirit will be his alternate goaltender. This years team has taken the unusual step of bringing a third goaltender for insurance against injury and because of the travel distance to south-central Russia. "Jakes going to be a big part of this program again next year and for years to come," Spott said. "We will start with the two 19-year-olds, Malcolm and Jordan and well see how that plays out." The 23 players had their first practice as a team Saturday and the only one in Canada before heading to the airport later in the afternoon. Canada will play exhibition games against the host Finns on Dec. 20 and Sweden on Dec. 22 before heading to Ufa on Dec. 23. Spott set a hard pace in practice that went over an hour. "I dont think they expected a practice like that, I can tell you that," he said. "We wanted to push them here today so they can sleep on the plane. Its going to be a long day of travel and a long night so we wanted to make sure we pushed them hard today." Centre Phillip Danault didnt practice Saturday because hed had a tooth pulled. Spott says because the team was flying that day, it was better for him to ride the bike. Canada opens the world junior tournament Dec. 26 against Germany. Countries submit their tournament rosters the day before, but the addition of a goaltender after that is allowed if one of the two are injured. Adding a defenceman or forward after the tournament starts isnt allowed under International Ice Hockey Federation rules. Spott says the starters job is an open competition. Subban is the younger brother of Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban. Malcolm is accustomed to the wider ice Canada will play on in Ufa because Bellevilles Yardman Arena is the same size. The six-foot-two, 201-pound Toronto native played for Canada in a four-game summer series against the Russians. Two games were played in Yaroslavl, Russia, and the other two in Halifax. Subban went 2-0 with a win in each country. He was in net for the pivotal final game, which Canada won 4-2 to take the series. He has a 15-7-3 record, a 2.17 goals-against average and .932 save percentage with Belleville this season. Hes athletic and quick. The goaltenders demeanour influences the confidence of his teammates in front of him. Subbans action on his glove saves announces "Ive got this." The Boston Bruins prospect was believed to have the inside track on the starters job, but allowing three goals on seven shots in one exhibition game versus university players during selection camp didnt inspire confidence. "Like I said from the start of camp, I was coming here trying to earn my spot and thats what Im still trying to do," Subban said Saturday. Binnington, from Richmond Hill, Ont., didnt play against the Russians in the summer, but came into selection camp playing the best of the four invited with a 17-6-1-2 record, 2.07 goals-against average and .930 save percentage. "Ive been feeling good," Binnington said earlier this week. "Hopefully I wont skip a stride here and just keep doing what Im doing and things go well." The six-foot-two, 169-pound St. Louis Blues prospect is technically sound and covers angles well. Binnington has moxie too. When he was left off Canadas summer roster, goaltending coach Ron Tugnutt says Binnington told him flat-out "youre making a mistake." Subban and Binnington will be competing hard in the exhibition games for the distinction of No. 1, but Spott wasnt ruling out giving Paterson ice time in those games. "We might do a split. Weve thought about that," Spott said. "Its important both Jordan and Malcolm feel theyre ready to go as well. We cant lose sight of those two guys because theyre going to be dressing." Paterson, 18, was the youngest of the four goaltenders invited to camp. He made a case to be among the top two and was kept on the team ahead of Laurent Brossoit of the Edmonton Oil Kings. Paterson, from Mississauga, Ont., stopped all 33 shots he faced over three games at camp. "Ill still have a chance to make the team next year, so I think just being with the guys and heading overseas with the team will be a good experience," he said. "Im trying to gain as much experience as I can and be a sponge over there." Patersons record with Saginaw this season was 12-1-0-1 with a 2.10 goals-against average and a .928 save percentage. The Spirit rely heavily on him. It will be a hardship for coach Greg Gilbert and the team without Paterson, especially knowing their goalie might not get to play in the world junior tournament. "The coaches told me when I left, they were all for it, whatever happens here," Paterson said. "Theyre behind me with this." The Detroit Red Wings draft pick cant practise with his teammates in Ufa while hes not on the active roster, so many of his mornings will be spent on the ice alone with Tugnutt. Paterson will also be put to work during games. "I think me and Tugnutt will be up in the box doing stats or some pre-scouting as well," he said. "Its not like Ill be over there doing nothing. Hopefully Ill be a part of it somehow and helping the team any way I can." cheap jerseys ... 1. What on earth is wrong with Greece? 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Any other result would send England and France through. Blokhin said he had "other options" in case his captain were to be ruled out, but did not elaborate. If Shevchenko failed his fitness test, Blokhin was expected to opt for Marko Devic up front alongside Andriy Voronin, with Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka on the flanks. England coach Roy Hodgson calleed Shevchenko "a world-class player" that Blokhin will be keen to get on the pitch.dddddddddddd "Hell be key to his team," Hodgson said. "We have a lot of respect for him, of course. We have players who were his clubmates at Chelsea and know him not only as a player but as a person as well." Shevchenko, the 2004 European Footballer of the Year will end his international career after Euro 2012. Ukraines all-time top scorer with 48 goals in 110 matches, Shevchenko is still a key player for Blokhin. Not only does he score goals, but he is also a leader to a partly young and inexperienced national team. "We dont have as many stars as France, Spain or Italy," Blokhin said. "So his role is very big, especially in the attacking line. There probably isnt such good a striker anywhere in Ukraine." The 35-year-old Shevchenkos club career slipped into decline after leaving Milan for Chelsea in 2006. For the past three seasons, he has been playing for his first club, Dynamo Kyiv. Shevchenko has been struggling with persistent back and knee problems in recent years. He wasnt even sure of being fit for the tournament, and said before Euro 2012 that he wasnt able to play three full matches a week anymore. So far at Euro 2012, Shevchenko has only missed the last nine minutes of the Sweden game. ' ' '