What he brings is that threat. The other team needs to back off a little because they need to respect him. That sets everything else up for the rest of us. |
Whenever there's a ceremony like that, if you're home or away, you always have to be careful not to get too stale. But it sparked a lot of emotion, and that kept us going. It felt like a playoff atmosphere out there. |
With only two games before the Olympic break, we want to get all the points we can get. The key for me is to refocus every game and not relax or back off what is making me so successful. |
Yeah, that's good. Just by being. |
Yeah, we had to do it but that stuff was taken care of before we were over here. I've only played in a couple of world championships and world juniors. He's been around a lot longer, so he knows more than I would. |
Yeah, we had to do it. But that stuff was all taken care of before we got over here. Our families were pretty much set, the plans were set when we got over here. So I don't know about that. |
You grew up watching Team USA and you always wanted to be out there. |
You have to think there are guys that do it, but I don't think it's a problem with the sport by any means. I don't know the situation, but there's obviously more to the supplement than you know about. It's an unfortunate situation and that's why you have to so careful nowadays. |
You see what he does in certain situations and try to react off that. I tried a couple of things the other night and this time I tried something else. |
You thought they were down and out, for sure. But they stuck with it and got some confidence. Once you win the first one, you never know. |
You want to take that (home ice) and use it to your advantage. You know how important it is in the playoffs. |