166 ordspråk av Mike Eaves
Mike Eaves
That's the first thing that kind of jumps off the page at you, what kind of guy he is. As we came to discover, he's just a tremendous hard worker. He's got a great mental outlook.
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The big question is how his knee will respond when he goes down, if he can get back up. That will be his last hurdle.
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The guys talked about how Michigan came out and dictated. That's one thing this group wanted to do, to implement that part of the game, and they did a pretty fine job.
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The obvious goal would be to win a gold medal, but we'd better check our roster before we start setting too lofty goals. I think we'd better put the horse before the cart and see what we have.
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The only thing we ever asked is they'd be the hardest-working boy on the ice, whether it's practice or games. Above and beyond that, that's all you can ask. I think that helps create a healthy relationship.
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The thing that came out of that game, what guys talked about, (was) the way Michigan came out and dictated. They were a senior-laden team and they came out and they dictated the game in that first period.
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The turning point was Brian Elliott. He was outstanding.
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The way we played didn't give them a chance to get any life.
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The whole weekend was an opportunity of growth for us as a team. We took that opportunity by winning two games here at home against a quality team. We talked about before the game that it was an opportunity for us to grow and forge ourselves into the type of team we want to have at the end of the year, when we can do some things.
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The will of both teams not to give in was tremendous to watch.
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There was no great speech. I said, 'OK gentlemen, you've been here. You've been in the middle of the battle. You tell me what to tell you.
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There was no mention that this might be a possibility.
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There's a little extra gear that turns up.
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There's both ends of the spectrum. It could pull the team together or pull them apart. I guess time will tell.
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There's going to be two teams consisting of about a party of 40 that are going to be intimately involved in this and on the ice and being a part of it, and that's very special.
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