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Originally Posted by charlamov71
The main problem for the US in this tournament so far has been the PK and taking to many penalties. They let 2 PP goals in vs the Czechs, 2 vs Sweden and 3 vs Finland, they will probably be a lot better once they fix their discipline and PK.
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Given that they've had over a year and a half experience playing together, and gone to numerous international tournaments over that time, they shouldn't be having these kinds of issues. It's hard to say who's to blame without seeing the games but overall, it's the responsibility of the coach to see that his team deals appropriately with these situations. Danton Cole seemed to have the team working pretty well last season but they just haven't progressed, individually or as a group this season. What makes it all the more problematic is that there aren't many players from outside the program excelling either. The US '94 group just seems much weaker than it had previously.
To put these back to back losses in perspective, the US had a 20-1 record in this tournament over the past five years.
There's a boxscore 
