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2019 World Juniors: Team USA silver medal postmortem; Player-by-player analysis
It’s a little later than I would have liked to get this story up, but a late-tournament illness knocked me out of commission and the recovery took a little longer than I expected. Finally back on my feet, with a … Continue reading
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2019 World Junior Championship: Assessing Team USA ahead of the quarterfinal
VANCOUVER — The U.S. finished preliminary play with a 3-0-1-0 record, beating Slovakia, Kazakhstan and Finland, while dropping a thriller against Sweden. Through four games, it’s still hard to get a read on this U.S. team. They have only just … Continue reading
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2019 World Juniors: Recap and analysis of USA’s insane comeback, OT loss to Sweden
It’s always a better end to the story when the team that makes the miraculous comeback also wins the game. That wasn’t meant to be for the U.S. that recovered from an astonishingly poor performance through the first 50 minutes … Continue reading
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Tagged B.C., Canada, Ryan Poehling, Sweden, Team USA, Victoria, World Junior Championship, World Juniors
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2019 World Junior Championship: USA-Slovakia analysis; Day 1 thoughts
The first day of competition at the World Junior Championship came to a close after three tight matchups and one comical blowout. The U.S. National Junior Team avoided an early scare, using a third-period comeback to earn a 2-1 win … Continue reading
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2019 Team USA World Junior Championship Roster: Team set after six cuts
The U.S. National Junior Team was finalized Sunday ahead of the 2019 World Junior Championship set to begin Dec. 26. The U.S. roster features 23 players — 13 forwards, seven defensemen and three goaltenders. All of the five returning players … Continue reading
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Team USA 2019 WJC Roster: Breaking down the camp invites
Back for a limited time only, I’ll be providing some thoughts on Team USA in the build-up to the 2019 World Junior Championship starting today with the camp roster. Team USA’s bid to improve on a bronze-medal finish and extend … Continue reading
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USA beats Slovakia, advances to Quarterfinal: Recap, analysis, stray thoughts
Every coach who has ever coached an international tournament as at one point or another told his team that it is all about getting better in every game you play. The U.S. can’t say they’ve gotten better each time out, … Continue reading
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2018 Olympics: USA falls to OAR, 4-0: Recap, analysis, stray thoughts
Coming into the game, if you looked at the two rosters, you’d have expected the Olympic Athletes from Russia to be the better team and they were. The U.S. dropped a 4-0 decision to OAR and despite a shot counter … Continue reading
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2018 Olympics: USA beats Slovakia — Recap, analysis and stray thoughts
Team USA bounced back in a big way from their shocking loss to Slovenia with a 2-1 win over Slovakia. With the win, the U.S. has four points in the standings and holds sole possession of first place in the … Continue reading
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2018 Olympics: USA falls to Slovenia — Recap, analysis, stray thoughts
If you’re an American, you were probably like me sitting there with your mouth agape as Jan Mursak was left all alone in front and sent a shot past Ryan Zapolski to give Slovenia a shocking 3-2 overtime win over … Continue reading
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