I can tell you that when we take the ice, our goal will not be to do well in this tournament. We will as a group be focused on one thing and one thing only, and that's winning a gold medal.
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It's maddening I think that's the best word for it. ... I thought we could have scored 10 goals tonight, but (that's) no different than the Slovakia game (a 2-1 loss). We had back-door empty net goals, or we had chances in the slot that (the goalie) got aPeter Laviolette
Winning's not so crazy. It wasn't easy. Things were bouncing funny out there it seems all night. Montreal plays a good skating game, a good fore-checking game. It doesn't translate to a smooth style game. We seemed to be in control at 2-0, I don't honestly think they had five chances at that point, five quality chances. That goal gave them some life and they ran with it.
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They've got a really good team. They're relentless in their attack.
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The positive is, I guess, that we battled back, but it's a loss. It's frustrating. We need to win games.
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I have no comment on that, Actually I do have a comment. The people who run USA Hockey care about this more than anyone I know.
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Just reading what's being written, or what people are saying about the U.S. team, they've got us harnessed in sixth, seventh place, somewhere in that area.
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