28 Quotes by Peter Laviolette

Somebody has to be the favorite, somebody has to be picked to win the bronze, and somebody has to be picked to finish seventh. There's a lot of talk about us ? not in those first two categories, but the third. To me, that's irrelevant.

Obviously, it could have been worse. You don't even want to think of what the worst could have been.

I can guarantee that's not why they're on the team. They're on the team because they've earned it. Bret Hedican is on his way to one of his best years in the league.

We've focused in on the last four or five weeks because you want someone playing well in that position, you want a goaltender that's hot. A week or 10 days ago, he had some of the best numbers in the NHL.

What you're seeing are great skating teams. Nothing says you're going to win a game just because you're better on paper.

I would think that we're going to take the best players available.

I think by far it was the toughest outing for one of our goaltenders. The Swedish team is so skilled. ... They move to areas well, they put pucks into areas, and they create opportunities through space and moving the puck. It's tough to defend that way ... and when we had breakdowns, he made saves.

I think we came out much better and much stronger tonight. We had more urgency on the puck. We played with a spark that we didn't have against Latvia.

I thought he played well the entire 60 minutes and got stronger through the game.