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 | | And their on-ice roles are surely different, with Modano one of the League's consummate playmakers, Guerin a dynamic scorer with a hard, heavy shot and Tkachuk the power forward who calls the front of the opposition's net his own, banging home any loose puck that comes his way. |
 | | Now, eight years later, Guerin and Tkachuk aren't as overt, but they still are the juice on the line, while Modano is the constant. |
 | | Fueled by the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" as kids, they became the next generation of American players and never have turned away from their country's call, be it the 1996 World Cup, the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics or the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. |
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