Bill Guerin Team Quotations

I feel sorry for those guys. They've got a lot going on, a lot of issues, maybe not with the players on the team but things in the organization that are hard to put aside.

We're definitely going to have to pick up our play. Slovakia is going to be a much different team than Kazakhstan. Mentally we have to know that and get out there and give a better effort.

To score first is big. It gives your team confidence. Gets it out of the way. We can relax, get in your system and start to play.

What's been tremendous about the new system is the team really does consider us partners in this and they ask for our feedback on things, so that makes us feel more a part of selling the game.

It was the mind-set of the whole team to get to the front of the net. We hadn't done it much the first three games. They do a good job of blocking shots. It took hard work and determination from us.