“Unfortunately, the penalties and the dropped balls were our biggest downfall of the first half.”
Steve McKinney
“Holding penalties killed us. We hit a groove in the first half, and then slowed down considerably in the second.”
Wes Littlefield
“He knew when to put the pedal to the metal if some defendant needed a harsh penalty but his first inclination was always to make someone better. He was basically a wonderful, kind man whose chambers were always open. In the 18 years that I've been here, I think the system is a better place because of judges like him.”
Michael Green
“There was a lot of firsts: my first game, first goal, first penalty, ... Everything seemed to be a first thing for me, so everything kind of watched it that way. But things have died down a little bit. Not totally, but a lot more than what it was at the start of the season.”
Sidney Crosby
“We had a spirited effort in the first game, then there was a penalty shot. A lot of guys get satisfied with one good effort. They came at us (Saturday) and we had a hard time finding their level.”
Dave Allison
“Gosh, in the first four minutes, it looked like we were going to have another repeat of the penalty deal, ... But we ended up with five penalties, so we played smarter.”
Mike Tice
“In penalty shooting, it's like a lottery. We had a 16-year-old skating in there and putting the first one in, and the USA had two hit the crossbar. So it's small things that gave us this win.”
Peter Elander
