The game was everything we thought it would be. |
The way I look at it, this is the exciting part of our schedule. We play good teams, in our own building at the end of the season. |
There have been four other (American) teams in 30 years that have won medals at the world junior championship. If we're fortunate enough to be able to do that, in my opinion, that's a solid accomplishment and I would absolutely be proud of that. |
They are one of the top teams in college hockey. We're going to have to be very careful of the puck in our defensive zone. |
They're the heart and soul of our team. Tonight, they got victimized. |
This kid is the real deal. He's 6-4, 220, and some team is going to put him on the ice every other shift for the next 10 or 15 years. |
To me, the focus (this weekend) should be the players understanding mentally that we're very capable of being a quality team. But we have to find a way to get back to the top of our game. |
We got a lot of opportunities. I can sit here not happy we lost, but I'm fine with the way we played. If we have the same effort (tonight), we'll be in good shape. |
We have a chance to compete for a medal and only four other (American) teams have won one of those. In my opinion, that would be a solid accomplishment. But am I disappointed that we aren't competing for a gold or silver? Absolutely. That was our target. |
We have a whole group of defensemen who have an excellent chance to go and play professionally. But being a prospect and being a player are two different things. You don't win a tournament with prospects. You win with players. |
We haven't played well and been able to get a positive result lately. That was a big time play for Darin. He made a bad pass earlier on their shorthanded goal, and I guarantee he wanted to redeem himself. |
We talked about the importance of collecting wins at home. We need to get wins right now. If you have an opportunity to sweep an opponent at home you need to do it. |
We're playing to get our quality of play where we think it needs to be and get some momentum going into the playoffs. We'd obviously also like to gain home ice and if we can do that, then mission accomplished. |
We've told our guys all along to live in the moment. Worry about the things they can control. It's not even a thought. |
When you have eight seniors and however many juniors we have (eight) you shouldn't lose composure. That's an issue. |