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sportingnews.com - 1/19/2009
Custance: Expect tweaks to U.S. junior team, not major changes
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Team USA's fifth-place finish in the world juniors tournament creates an outcry for change, but one influential U.S. NHL team exec has this advice: Put a cork in it.

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Custance: Team USA won't make reactionary decisions after WJC disappointments
Snapshots — The Sporting News's Craig Custance spoke to USA Hockey executive director Dave Ogrean about the fallout from Team USA's disappointing showing at the World Junior Championships, and he found that the Americans don't exactly plan on tearing down their program: January 18, The Sporting News : "We look at the world junior championships as a development process, it's not an end goal," Ogrean told SportingNews.com. "When things don't go quite as well, I think it's foolhardy to panic or overreact. If we finished fifth with a lousy team and a bad coach, I'd be concerned." But Ogrean ...

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