14 Quotes by Jere Lehtinen

When we started right in the first game it was tough no practices at all. But coming in we showed we could play as a team right away. The first game started the whole tournament.

He was good in the locker room. Between periods, you always knew what was wrong with our game. Whatever happened on the ice, he knew what to do right away. He could analyze the game pretty fast and quick.

He's playing great. ... He gave us the confidence to play.

I think it's good. You never know when you go to a tournament who's going to win. That's more exciting for people watching. As players, you know it's going to be a tough tournament.

I thought that was it, because NHL players weren't in the Olympics. Then it changed, and I think it's a great thing. All the top players have a chance to be there. That's why it's so special.

We've got speed and I think we are using it very much to our advantage. But don't underestimate our talent level. We've got a lot of very good players. And we're confident like I have never seen us before.

We came here as underdogs, but we had good teamwork. That's why we got here.

We almost let this one slip away. The first period, we came out hard, but we didn't play as hard in the second. They got the intensity, we lost the 1-on-1 battles and in the third we knew we had to play better.

We got a lot of confidence from last night. We didn't play that good in the first game, then we were down 3-0 so fast. In the second period, we needed to prove we were better than that.