A punch like that goes around the league in a hurry, ... But we have talked at length to him in the past about being a physical factor without just squaring off against the other team's tough guy and getting into a situation where teams are reacting to what he's doing on the ice in terms of who he's hitting and how hard he's hitting, and that's the role we've seen so far. |
A wake-up call, sometimes it's needed. Andy was here a long time. If we didn't make the playoffs, there was going to be changes - players, personnel, everybody. |
Both teams played hard, ... Seven more games against them ? it's going to be a battle. |
But Kipper was awesome and now maybe everybody in Calgary believes we can give this a real shot. You can ride a goalie a long way in the playoffs. |
Everybody helped out everybody else, so it was pretty smooth. A couple of times on the bench it got a little chaotic, but for the most part it was pretty good. |
He made some real big saves. There were two or three plays, I stood up on the bench thinking they were in and he made the saves. If your goalie plays well in a tournament like this, you're going to have a chance, and tonight he definitely played well. |
He's been a big part of USA hockey for a long time. It's surprising. He's kind of synonymous with USA hockey. |
He's big and strong, skilled and yet passionate about the game. You want more and more people to know him, because when they get to know him, they're going to love him. |
He's emotional after the games. I don't know if he was just emotional or if he really meant it. |
I knew he was upset; he didn't say much in the room. He just kind of packed up his stuff, took a shower and he left. |
I saw 'Fro.' The puck got dumped in, so I just said, 'Oh, I'm just going to go to the front of the net,' and all of a sudden he had it, ... I don't know if there was anybody around me or not. I just know he put a great pass on me. He just threw it on my stick and it was in the net. It was a pretty good feeling. |
I saw 'Fro.' The puck got dumped in, so I just said, 'Oh, I'm just going to go to the front of the net,' and all of a sudden he had it. I don't know if there was anybody around me or not. I just know he put a great pass on me. He just threw it on my stick and it was in the net. It was a pretty good feeling. |
I think a wake-up call is sometimes needed. Andy was here a long time ... now John's in and we have to get ready. We don't have much time. |
I think our team played great -- a great team game. We're back to where we were at the beginning of the season. We're not turning the puck over like we had been, and we're doing the little things you need to do to win games. We were rewarded for our hard work. |
I think we played nervous at the beginning and we were tense. We know they're a team that's struggling, but that's a dangerous kind of team. |