Following a wrist injury to captain Kirby Dach, defenceman Bowen Byram and forward Dylan Cozens will act as co-captains for Canada at the world junior hockey championships in Edmonton.

Dach suffered the tournament-ending injury during Canada's exhibition win against Russia on Wednesday.&nbsp;

Canadian captain Kirby Dach out for entire world juniors

Canadian captain Kirby Dach will miss the world junior hockey championship after suffering a wrist injury in a pre-tournament game against Russia on Wednesday night.

Kirby Dach, seen here on July 14 who played last season for Chicago, is out of the World Juniors after sustaining an injury.

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Slovakia, Finland, Russia pick up wins to kick off world juniors from Edmonton

Vasili Ponomaryov scored twice for the Russians as they defeated the Americans 5-3 in their tournament opening game at the world junior hockey championship.

Slovakia goalie Simon Latkoczy makes a save during the third period of his team's 1-0 win over Switzerland at the world juniors on Friday.

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Under International Ice Hockey Federation rules, one player must wear the 'C' during games.

UPDATE | Per <a href="https://twitter.com/IIHFHockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IIHFHockey</a> rules, <a href="https://twitter.com/BowenByram?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BowenByram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Dylan_Cozens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Dylan_Cozens</a> will take turns wearing the 'C', and <a href="https://twitter.com/con91mcmichael?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@con91mcmichael</a> will serve as a full-time alternate.<br><br>Despite being unable to play, <a href="https://twitter.com/kdach77?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kdach77</a> will remain Team Canada captain.<a href="https://twitter.com/HockeyCanada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HockeyCanada</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/ImperialOil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ImperialOil</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldJuniors?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WorldJuniors</a> <a href="https://t.co/fpZvpoYrMQ">pic.twitter.com/fpZvpoYrMQ</a>

Byram&nbsp;and Cozens will alternate wearing the "C" throughout the 12-day, 10-country&nbsp;tournament,&nbsp;while forward Connor McMichael will serve as alternate.&nbsp;

Canada kicks off it's tournament against Germany on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET. The team will then face Slovakia on Sunday, before taking on Switzerland on Tuesday and then Finland&nbsp;on New Year's Eve to complete preliminary-round action.&nbsp;

Canada's goalie Devon Levi (1) makes a save as Bowen Byram (4) and Russia's Arseni Gritsyuk (8) crash the net during IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship pre-competition action in Edmonton on Wednesday. 

Canada's Dylan Cozens, Bowen Byram to take turns wearing 'C' at world juniors

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