"Donald Waddell" is the former, and last President of the Atlanta Thrashers and a former ice hockey defenceman (ice hockey)/defenseman. He is currently President of Gale Force Sports & Entertainment, parent company of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League.

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If we continue to play as well as we did against Slovakia, we are going to be fine.

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It's easy to sit up there and judge and say, what if we did this or that. What I came away with as being encouraging ... was we had a lot of guys step up and play big in the big games.

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Chris's name was the first name mentioned by everyone. That just speaks volumes for how he's respected in the game of hockey, and for what he's done not only in the National Hockey League, but for what he's done for USA Hockey over the years.

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Peter has proven himself through the ranks as a coach. This is the next challenge for him. I think he's very capable and ready to handle these duties. I always felt that international experience is a key for this type of position, and Peter certainly brings that to the table.

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He's an excellent offensive player. He's the catalyst on Colorado's power play.

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He's going to play the first game. If you go back to Jan.1, he's been the best goalie.

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It's not practical to have four goaltenders dressed for practice, so we felt it best to have Ryan remain at home and be available.

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Chris' name was the first name mentioned by everyone. That just speaks volumes for how he's respected in the game of hockey. He does everything at a high level. There was no other choice for us but to pick Chris.

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But I did think we would score more than we are now. We've gotten chances to score, and we haven't buried them. And you don't get as many scoring chances in this type of tournament as you get in the National Hockey League.

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