The biggest thing we stressed with (coach) Herb Brooks was that we needed to get off to a good start and to play with intensity right from the beginning of the tournament. That's the way we have to treat the Olympics. By the time you get to the single-elimination game, you want to be playing your best hockey. We are going to have to make the young guys understand that ... getting our intensity level high right from the beginning.
Quotes about single-elimination (6 Quotes)
We are in the single-elimination tournament point right now, and I don't think our kids are ready to be eliminated. I know this means something to this basketball team and they are going to come out and play like it means something.
This is not a single-elimination tournament. There are other games to be played.
There is no guarantee that we'll face Indiana in the (single-elimination) playoffs, so now we get to see which team is the best right now. I'm hoping for a crowd of 6,000-plus and would be disappointed if we didn't draw at least 5,000.
Three one-goal losses are tough to swallow. We need to erase that. It's single-elimination now. It doesn't matter what our records are.
They play a huge role, especially in one-and-out single-elimination games. If you have both your power play and penalty kill clicking, that gives you a much better shot at winning.