We got scored on at the beginning of both periods and we made a lot of individual mistakes.

213

We learned from our mistakes in the game against Sweden, where we played poorly. We knew Russia had good, quality offensive players, and the only way for us to have success was to play good defense and not give them space. It's a great success for us to win the bronze.

173

Unfortunately we didn't score with the chances we had, and that's why we lost.

169

Of course, it could influence the Olympics. We think the audience comes to see the stars and Jaromir Jagr is one of the stars. We should protect such players against such fouls.

168

I didn't believe he could be able to return to skating so soon. His performance in the games he has played proved that he should be able to cope with the brief (Olympic) tournament.

103

Jagr wants to show his best skills and be what he is (a great player).

98

The shadow of this game is the foul on Jaromir Jagr.

97