USA Hockey announced today that Yale head coach Keith Allain would coach next year's World Junior Team. Allain coached the US team to a pair of 5th place finishes in 2001and 2002.
Joining him as assistants will be Ohio State head coach Mark Osiecki and USA Hockey goalie coach Joe Exter, who were both assistants for last year's gold medal winning team, along with Stillwater High School head coach Phil Housley.