36 Quotes by Alexei Yashin

We had chances to advance the lead and get momentum.

We played as a team and it's with great pride that we beat a team like Canada.

We let a lot of games slip away. We spent a lot of time chasing points, and those points wound up costing us the playoffs.

When I was drafted there wasn't so much high expectations of me. Nobody knew I'd go so high like that. With him it's different because there is a lot of pressure and a lot of expectations.

The puck went in, and the referee admitted that he had blown the whistle before the puck went in and apologized. It was a really tough break. It would have been great to have the tie at that point, and take our chances in overtime.

I understand they're frustrated. We're frustrated, too. I'm not going to quit. I'm just going to keep playing hard and try to help my team win.

It was an experience. I tried to do the best I could to bring the guys together. We have a good group of guys. A lot of the young kids got some experience, and that will help us.

They have a lot of superstars and they can put the puck in the net and create a lot of scoring chances. But Nabokov and our defense kept holding, kept holding, and we finally got a chance on the power play.

They didn't give us any opportunities to create any scoring chances.