We came here as underdogs, but we had good teamwork. That's why we got here.
We've got speed and I think we are using it very much to our advantage. But don't underestimate our talent level. We've got a lot of very good players. And we're confident like I have never seen us before.
I've been to three Olympics before, and it's been great. It's different, every four years. You see and meet all the different athletes in the various sports – biathlon, ski jumping, cross country skiing. And everybody is living in the Olympic village.
I thought that was it, because NHL players weren't in the Olympics. Then it changed, and I think it's a great thing. All the top players have a chance to be there. That's why it's so special.
It was good for us. We've been struggling on the five-on-threes and we haven't been scoring much on the power play. Those goals were huge. Those led us to a win.
We almost let this one slip away. The first period, we came out hard, but we didn't play as hard in the second. They got the intensity, we lost the 1-on-1 battles and in the third we knew we had to play better.
When we started right in the first game it was tough — no practices at all. But coming in we showed we could play as a team right away. The first game started the whole tournament.
He's playing great. ... He gave us the confidence to play.
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