Walt Kyle Quotations

He is a real gritty competitor, and he's going to be a guy who is involved physically because that gets him in the game. The only weakness I've seen in him is that he over-competes. He runs around a little bit trying to make contact when he doesn't need to.

We talked about the importance of collecting wins at home. We need to get wins right now. If you have an opportunity to sweep an opponent at home you need to do it.

We're playing to get our quality of play where we think it needs to be and get some momentum going into the playoffs. We'd obviously also like to gain home ice and if we can do that, then mission accomplished.

He can provide offense, and yet he knows when he has to be relied on to play solid, physical defense.

I thought this was the way the game should be played. I don't know if we've got too many mothers running hockey or what.

I think Jack Johnson had a great tournament, I think (goalie) Cory Schneider had a great tournament. A lot of the guys at the bottom of our lineup played really well. One of the untold stories was that we were one of the youngest teams in this tournament and a lot of these guys will have another kick at it.

I thought he was one of the players that really gave everything he had and did everything that was asked. He is my kind of player.

We've told our guys all along to live in the moment. Worry about the things they can control. It's not even a thought.

We have a whole group of defensemen who have an excellent chance to go and play professionally. But being a prospect and being a player are two different things. You don't win a tournament with prospects. You win with players.

We haven't played well and been able to get a positive result lately. That was a big time play for Darin. He made a bad pass earlier on their shorthanded goal, and I guarantee he wanted to redeem himself.

To me, the focus (this weekend) should be the players understanding mentally that we're very capable of being a quality team. But we have to find a way to get back to the top of our game.

When you have eight seniors and however many juniors we have (eight) you shouldn't lose composure. That's an issue.

We have a chance to compete for a medal and only four other (American) teams have won one of those. In my opinion, that would be a solid accomplishment. But am I disappointed that we aren't competing for a gold or silver? Absolutely. That was our target.

We got a lot of opportunities. I can sit here not happy we lost, but I'm fine with the way we played. If we have the same effort (tonight), we'll be in good shape.

There have been four other (American) teams in 30 years that have won medals at the world junior championship. If we're fortunate enough to be able to do that, in my opinion, that's a solid accomplishment and I would absolutely be proud of that.

Every time we play them, it's a tough series. They may have the best goalie in the league and they don't beat themselves.

The way I look at it, this is the exciting part of our schedule. We play good teams, in our own building at the end of the season.

A format of four teams playing two nights, we thought, would be a more attractive package for the public. Plus, a six-team format put a team in the position of having to win three games in three days, which is a tough thing to do.

You're never happy with a tie; you're trying to win. The reality is we have to come back and play tomorrow, and whatever the outcome tomorrow is, we have to come back and play again.

They're the heart and soul of our team. Tonight, they got victimized.

This kid is the real deal. He's 6-4, 220, and some team is going to put him on the ice every other shift for the next 10 or 15 years.

It's a sickening feeling at the other end of you don't get the differential.

It was an important series for us and we put ourselves in a big hole. We're fighting now to stay on home ice in the first round.

It was a good start. I thought we got better as the game progressed ... .

They are one of the top teams in college hockey. We're going to have to be very careful of the puck in our defensive zone.

In my opinion I think Jim Roque is the coach of the year in this league. He and his staff have done a phenomenal job. They are so tough to play against. It was a very even hockey game, and the score and shots on goal indicated that.

He's just a dynamic, dynamic guy ... a real special player. Future NHL star, absolutely.

The game was everything we thought it would be.

You're never happy with a tie you're trying to win. The reality is we have to come back and play tomorrow, and whatever the outcome tomorrow is, we have to come back and play again.