Alexei Yashin Quotations

Of course I'm frustrated and wish I could help the team. I wish something would go right for me personally and my line. I know I have to play better and give some production. ... I know it's a message to me.

I don't think it really changes anything from my game point. But it's a big responsibility, not only for my personal game and my personal results, it's what the team has to do to be successful. I get to play one of the main roles to make sure we're going in the direction we want to go.

He's a good player. He has all kinds of skills. He can skate, pass, shoot, hit.

There are so many players on our team who are great leaders and would have been excellent choices. So this means a lot.

I think it's a dream of any player to be in this position, to have this kind of responsibility. It's a big responsibility, but at the same time, it's a great feeling, because a lot of people believe I can do it.

It didn't go well for us. We had so many turnovers in the neutral zone and we didn't really have a lot of scoring chances.

That depends ... am I in the final year of my contract?

That was probably one of the best team wins we've had all season.

We have to raise our game and play our best hockey in the medal round. It was a good practice today because I think every line was clicking.

We had chances to advance the lead and get momentum.

We played as a team and it's with great pride that we beat a team like Canada.

We let a lot of games slip away. We spent a lot of time chasing points, and those points wound up costing us the playoffs.

When I was drafted there wasn't so much high expectations of me. Nobody knew I'd go so high like that. With him it's different because there is a lot of pressure and a lot of expectations.

The puck went in, and the referee admitted that he had blown the whistle before the puck went in and apologized. It was a really tough break. It would have been great to have the tie at that point, and take our chances in overtime.

I understand they're frustrated. We're frustrated, too. I'm not going to quit. I'm just going to keep playing hard and try to help my team win.

It was an experience. I tried to do the best I could to bring the guys together. We have a good group of guys. A lot of the young kids got some experience, and that will help us.

They have a lot of superstars and they can put the puck in the net and create a lot of scoring chances. But Nabokov and our defense kept holding, kept holding, and we finally got a chance on the power play.

They didn't give us any opportunities to create any scoring chances.

It seems like the biggest goal for us is to be consistent. If I play all 60 minutes at the same level I think we have a better chance to be successful.

It's a special experience. It's tough that the team that wins gets an extra point, but it's the new rules and we'll take it.

It's a great feeling to beat a Canadian team. They're so strong and the tradition has always been great in Canadian hockey. To beat this team, we took a lot of pride in that.

It's always much nicer when it doesn't hit the post.

It's always been my team since I came here. We've had some good games and some bad games. We made a great step forward for this team that had been in last place. Now the expectations are higher.

It's always been my team since I came here.

It's frustrating when you have a lead and you played so well in the first period. We just couldn't keep it up in the last two periods.

It's tough to say anything. Something happened in the third period.

It's like I said before, we're not going to quit.

It was a disappointing season. I never played on such an unlucky team.

It takes time, but we created so many chances. Hopefully it will come. It seems like, not only between me and him, but the entire camp, it's been a great atmosphere. Guys are pulling for each other and working hard, really want to be together. It's nice to see that.

This is a very big honor for me,

After these last two games, we have to regroup quickly,

After they scored the third goal, it all fell apart again. Nobody will help us besides us. We have to look inside, everybody. It starts from me personally. Everybody has to play better hockey. We play well and stop, play well and stop.

I can wait forever as long as we win. It's a great win, hopefully we'll get some confidence and it will carry over from here.

I can wait forever as long as we win.

This is a huge win for Russia because of the history with Canada. Now, we go forward.

The last seven to eight minutes we played in their zone.