Katherine Henderson shares in the disappointment.

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The country was bounced from the world junior hockey championship at the quarterfinal stage for the second time in 12 months earlier this week 香蕉视频直播� an ugly first for the program.

Henderson and fellow executives held a press conference Saturday ahead of a pair of semifinal games the tournament hosts will watch from the sidelines.

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Senior vice-president of high performance and hockey operations Scott Salmond was situated two seats down from Henderson in what amounted to a public vote of confidence despite Canada香蕉视频直播檚 back-to-back losses to Czechia in the quarters, including Thursday香蕉视频直播檚 4-3 loss on home soil.

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What happened was a team that fell far below expectations. Canada assembled a roster that left a boatload of offensive talent at home in favour of what was viewed by management as a more well-rounded roster.

The results were disastrous.

The Canadians started strong with a 4-0 victory over Finland on Boxing Day before a shock 3-2 shootout defeat to Latvia, an unconvincing 3-0 victory over Germany and a 4-1 loss to the United States on New Year香蕉视频直播檚 Eve. That pushed them into the quarterfinals against Czechia instead of a lesser opponent.

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Salmond was asked later what that might entail.

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Salmond said the contract of Peter Anholt, who led the under-20 brain trust at the last two tournaments and is also general manager of the Western Hockey League香蕉视频直播檚 Lethbridge Hurricanes, is set to expire, while head scout Al Murray has one year left on his deal.

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He added the performance review includes independent analysis, player interviews and a deep dive on analytics.

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ATHLETE COMMITTEE

Hockey Canada announced eight current and former players have been elected by their peers to form its new national team athlete committee.

Billy Bridges, Michael Mastrodomenico, Tyler McGregor, Bailey Mitchell, Markus Phillips, Alyssa Regalado, Kyle Turris and Kendra Woodland will each serve multi-year terms.

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