It means a lot. Finland doesn't have that many medals from hockey. We just worked harder. We wanted more to win the game and now we got our offensive game lots better.
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Related We have to make sure we're playing our best hockey. Every game is big now. We've just got to make su... PETER FORSBERG They came out from the jump wanting to win. They crashed the boards hard, they did everything a lot ... TRENT STRICKLAND I definitely need to be better individually but our main goal was to win the hockey game and we did ... DION PHANEUF We could have put up a little bit more shots just to get our offensive flow going. We worked hard. W... CAMEO HICKS It's just another important win. They're all big wins. We're desperate. We didn't get the start (of ... BOB HARTLEY We won our first game last week and didn't score an offensive touchdown. We worked more on the offen... KEN ROBERTS Northwest Christian served really aggressively and we struggled with our serve-receive game. After t... JACKIE SANCHEZ This is much different than that game. That win boosted our confidence, but we have to come out hard... ASHLEY VIGIL We're just trying to get better with every practice and every game we have. Everyone that got into t... KIRK SMALLWOOD It was a great game, an exciting game. We had a shot to win it at the end. We got behind, but battle... DEKE ROUTHEAUX They're missing three starters, and they played a great game. They played bigger than we did. They w... MIKE FRATELLO Everything went according to plan other than the score. We moved the puck better. We got better oppo... CHRIS STEWART I told them at the one timeout, we're not out of this game. All we have to do is pick it up and star... JAMIE DUNN We just need to be a lot more consistent as an offensive line and as a team in the passing game and ... LANCE ANTOLICK Everyone wants to talk about that series two years ago. There are not many similarities, but they ca... GLEN GULUTZAN It means a lot, from our management all the way down to the ball boys. Even though it's just one gam... ELTON BRAND I was just going after everything. It means a lot to play like this in a Final Four. Now we have one... LORENZO MATA We worked on our patience, toughness and teamwork. Before the game, I told the team to just play the... TERRY GIBBONS We're going to try to win big. We made it close last game, but we know we're better than them. We pr... COLLIN COWGILL This year we want to have both matches at home and avoid long journeys. It is good that we have got ... LARS LAGERBACK We had that in our minds. The way we played them last week in the Hockey East finals we knew we shou... COREY SCHNEIDER We know we're going to have to throw the ball, ... We're not going to be able to just line up and ru... DANNY PARKER The second game was a lot better. We got a lot better at our offense, attacking the ball and letting... JODI HERMANEK Hopefully we'll learn from this and get better. You've got to make free throws to close out games an... GRANT MCCASLAND We're playing well right now, even though we didn't play as well as our first playoff game. We put o... HAZAEL REYNOSA I think it (the losses) did help us, we're wrestling a lot better. After we lost those two, we talke... MARK WAGNER Not to pick this game up tonight means we really have got to come through somewhere and win a game o... KAY YOW When you lose on the road, it sets a tone and everybody feels down. Now that we got the win, we can ... MATT LOJESKI We just have to work a lot harder right now. We played good ball at the start of the season, but sin... GARY GRIFFIN We just need to erase this game from our memory, and go out there execute a lot better. CALVIN CARLTON It's such a big win. When we play our game, we're tough to beat. We've just got to get better finish... DEMA KOVALENKO We have to defend a little better, and we have to hit some big shots. That game was ours the first t... ADAM DAUKSAS It seemed like they got better as the game went on. We had a lot of chances, but it just seemed like... BRYAN SMOLINSKI It was such an exciting game and I wanted to win so bad. Everybody worked so hard. Everybody wanted ... CLAUDE GIROUX It's definitely a big deal that I had a good game against the team that traded me. But we had a 13-g... JUMAINE JONES It is big to get this win for our team. We worked hard all week on our passing game and we put it al... BRAD DAVIS The fourth game we just fell apart, the fifth game we fell apart again. Colonel just wanted it more ... STEPHEN DECATUR We wanted to prove ourselves to the county. And we didn't win by just a couple of runs, so that did ... ASHTON WHIDDEN We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win ever... BOB KNIGHT We certainly had our chances to win the hockey game in the third period and in overtime. ANDY MURRAY The defense did a really good job. We could have taken a lot more shots than we did. We played a 70-... SHAUN SODERLING We wanted to wear them down because we knew they had a long bus ride up here and I think that defini... ROY PEAKE We know what we've got to do. These kids have worked so hard from our last game last year. They just... KAMI ROEDER We needed a little time to warm up, ... After the first game, we warmed up. We were a lot more inten... ERICA GARCIA We talked about it during the week and right before the game. We stressed that we wanted to win this... CAROLYN WRIGHT This game almost had a tournament atmosphere, the way it was played. The last time we were up there ... BARRY BORCHERS We got in a position to win the game. Brett is an outstanding kicker and we just missed it. We got a... MIKE WELCH We wanted to give a special effort, we wanted to win this game for him. We talked about it, and came... BRET HEDICAN There were so many penalties at the start that it was hard to get going. But we made a lot of progre... KYLE BRODZIAK I just wanted this game. I was going to do anything to win. It didn't matter what. I think we just h... KAMESHA HAIRSTON It's awesome. It took me 29 years [of hockey] to get here, and I'm so proud of our guys because we g... DAVE ANDREYCHUK We didn't want to spoil a party, we just wanted to win a game. JOHN KOSMINA It was an outstanding game. We came from nine points back in the third quarter to go ahead, but it c... JOE WAKELAND We came out with our best offensive output of the year in the first quarter. We had a 12-0 run to op... MIKE GILL All the changes that were made I thought were good things. I think the things they've done are all t... KEVIN CONSTANTINE However many points we have to score to win a game, then we have to do that. Our job is to score mor... DEION BRANCH Not many kids would have wanted to have been in there. But he's just getting through to us that we'v... MARCUS GINYARD It gets frustrating sometimes, but every game we win or lose, we always improve and learn from our m... BRIAN JEROLOMAN That was playoff goaltending. We thought this was our moment to make a move. I don't understand it, ... DON NACHBAUR We had to work hard for this win. They'd score and then we'd score. They were passing the ball a lot... LUIS CAMPOS I thought we had the advantage inside, so we wanted to go into the post. We wanted to make sure we r... JEFF BEERS We stress a lot on us. We believe that if we stick to our game plan and play our game, we're contend... BRETT FESTERLING It does make it harder. We didn't play well in this game and we didn't deserve to win. We have to fi... CAMERON WHITE We just gave them too many second-chance points to start the second half, and they got some offensiv... LANCE HUBER With a bounce here and there we could have gotten a tie or possibly a win. We obviously had our chan... BOB DANIELS I think we have our kids believing now that we are talented enough to win some games. We improved du... LEONARD PERRY It was a physical game, and we weren't expecting that. We didn't play our best game, but we got out ... ALEX LOFTHUS We had to make adjustments to play a better game, and they seemed to play just a little harder than ... JAY WHITE Our guys just worked real hard. Knowing that it was the first league game this year, we wanted to ta... ERIC STREFF They're way more athletic than we are, I'm sure everyone knows that. We don't have a lot of depth, b... BILLY STEED They're way more athletic than we are, I'm sure everyone knows that. We don't have a lot of depth, b... BILLY MACK STEED It was a huge win. We couldn't afford another loss one game away from our conference schedule. We ha... JOE RYAN In spurts we played well. But overall we have to play a lot better if we're going to win Friday (aga... DERRICK DELTON Everything (we wanted) when we came into the game was there. I thought we had a great offensive game... BRUCE CLARK That was a huge game to win, playing the U.S.. We (Canadians) can play baseball too, we're not just ... ADAM STERN It was a game we had to win and we came out strong. Now we head into Wednesday's game (at home to Ma... KAREL BRUCKNER We knew that if we had to win the World Cup, the defensive side of the game had to be better, which ... RICKY PONTING In the first game of the season, you never know what to expect. Now we know what we have to work on ... JOE TAYLOR Our offensive line did a great job for their first game. We have just one returning player on our of... BOB WARREN We wanted to win the game but wanted to manage the game as well. Certainly, when we were up 20, I wa... ERNIE KENT We got off to the start we wanted. We established our game and played physically. DAVE HAKSTOL This win was huge in a lot of ways, not just because we scored more goals than they did. It was the ... TOPPER MCFAUN Even though we were down four at the half we were still confident we were going to win the game. We ... DANNY NOLL In the past few years, we haven't even been this far and now that we're so close (to a section champ... LAUREN JURIC We have to react better to it and get a key hit and win the game that way. JIM GAYLOR Hockey is a tough game. With all the talk and everything that's going on right now, it frightens me ... BOBBY ORR We have to be aware of the spoiler, we have got to come out and play our game. These teams aren't in... DAVID LEGWAND We wanted to make districts, but we also want to win at least one game. We've got the team to do it,... JOSH FERRARIO We have got a group of swimmers who are not just satisfied with making the team any more. They expec... BILL SWEETENHAM Our runs were a lot better than they have been. We just wanted it more and they backed off. DANA REISERT We wanted him to concentrate on his game. Take away all of the distractions. I'm more than happy for... MICHEL THERRIEN We were looking to Whitney to put everything away and she got tired in the fourth game. She will hav... JOCELYN PRICE We wanted to start the game with the wind at our backs and that worked to our advantage. Once we get... DAVE GRYDER This game means everything. It means a lot. We played with a lot of emotion when it was time and it ... MAXIME TALBOT We've got to do a lot of things better. But the main thing is we got the win and got those first-gam... DANNY HAMBLIN We had talked about playing smart with our offensive possessions because they switch their defenses ... JEFF VANARSDEL It was just a bad game. We were unable to win when we needed to. It was frustrating the way we start... PAU GASOL We are always in the game, we always play hard, but we don't finish. We've got a lot of people injur... JASON WILLS What a game and what a win. We worked hard in tough conditions and deserved our win I thought. LAWRIE MCKINNA
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