It was great to be able to start out with Kirk in New Jersey and then have the opportunity to play again together in Dallas late in our career. I doubt anyone will come along that enjoyed the game of hockey or played with the same passion that Kirk did, he had unbelievable intensity.

You deal with it the same way you did as a player. You're nervous but once you get your adrenaline going and get into the game, it goes away.

The quality of people [in Tanzania] is incredible. It's very sad though, too, because they don't have anything at all. And that really hits home.

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