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McCollum will rebound from disastrous WJC finish
Team USA's medal hopes at the World Junior Championships were dashed by the Slovaks on Friday night, and by goaltender Jaroslav Janus, who stopped 46 of 49 shots in Slovakia's 5-3 win. The Americans will now play in the fifth...
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usahockey.com — January 2, 2009 OTTAWA, Ontario – Despite outshooting Slovakia by a 47-19 count, the United States National... Junior Team dropped a 5-3 decision here tonight in the quarterfinal round of the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior ... (more) USA Hockey

Slovakia stuns U.S. at world juniors
Slovakia stuns U.S. at world juniors
fromtherink.com — via www.iihf.com Down goes Team USA at the world juniors in another big upset. An unheralded team... from Slovakia just dusted off the heavily favoured Americans 5-3  in the tournament's first quarter-final game , and now has a semi-final date ... (more) Slovakia stuns U.S. at world juniors

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The Morning Skate: Winning and Losing on Hockey's Big Stages
Slap Shot — ... got a 2 and 10 for “checking to the head and neck area,” and Canada cashed in on that man advantage to take an early second-period lead they never relinquished. For the U.S., this was a case of out-stupiding Canada. It was very dramatic hockey, but it was not smart and you have to feel that the U.S. team got away from the coaching staff. They couldn’t reel it in against Slovakia the next night and that was that. In his Snapshot blog on the Michigan Booth Newspapers MLive Web site, George James Malik writes , “There have been whispers about Team USA’s hot-dogging players and ...

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