Posted by thesportsjunky on January 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Coaching can be a tough gig as the balance between pushing players and pushing them too far is very thin with plenty of coaches taking very different approaches to motivating their team.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on January 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The two toughest games of every tournament are in the final day when teams compete for the medals and regardless of the colour the games are not easy albeit for very different reasons.
Posted by thesportsjunky on January 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The pre-tournament predictions seemed to make it clear that two specific teams were making it to the gold medal and although those predictions were somewhat right the two best teams still made it to the final game.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The IIHF joined the craze and went outside on Day 4 of the World Juniors pitting Canada and USA against each other and against the elements.
Posted by thesportsjunky on December 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The World Juniors are underway and two teams got started with a little bit harder of a matchup than they are used to leaving one starting a game behind of the other powers int he tournament.
Posted by thesportsjunky on December 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Group A in the World Juniors is going to be a tough one as three teams are traditional powers and two dark horses looking to find their way to the medals this year through a minefield in the group.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 24, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Group B in the Juniors is a murderer’s row with the top three teams in the tournament all residing in the same group making it a difficult one to break through this year.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The World Juniors only has two pools every year but that doesn’t mean that there is no death pool. This pool is Pool B in 2013 as the big three of the Juniors are all in one pool that will likely produce the 2013 champion. Usually the tournament will feature even pools where there are generally two strong teams and a third that is a good team.
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