We're out of the tournament, but it's not like we have to blow it up and start over. |
We're pleased to have someone with Mike's knowledge and passion on board to assist in guiding our Olympic team. |
We're really pleased to have Peter guiding our Olympic Team. |
We're really pleased to have Peter guiding our Olympic Team. Peter knows what it takes. He played on our 1988 Olympic team and came back as captain of the 1994 Olympic team. He's coached our last two world championship teams. He's passionate about the game and we're confident he'll do an outstanding job as our head coach. |
We're very excited, you know, and Ilya is the final piece we had to get done. I've said all along, 'We're going to score some goals.' Watching some of what's happened with the guys we've brought in here and not knowing exactly how they would do, I think we're going to win a lot of hockey games this season. |
We've put a lot pieces in place this summer. The franchise is in position to take the next big step. Ilya gives us a better chance to take that step to go even further. |
What I'm going to say to the guys on the first day of meeting is that basically they are going to pick this Olympic team. |
When we call up players, we don't call them up just to sit on the bench. We expect them to contribute to our team's success right away. This season has been no exception. I'm extremely proud of the overall success the Gladiators have enjoyed and the quality players that Jeff and Steve have produced. |
You come here with higher expectations and it?s disappointing, no doubt, but we have to move on now. |