Canada will play an in-your-face game. That's how they have played the whole tournament and they have had success.

The Russians have the most skilled team, but if Canada comes out with the same passion and intensity that they had against us, they will be fine.

We're looking forward to the game, it's the game we came here to play. Both teams are going to be playing hard-nosed hockey. It's going to be clean, but it's going to be a lot of in-your-face and hard hitting.

If we're confronted with targets on the ground in Canada, we're going to do what we have to do.

Canada looks to be a buy not only against the U.S. dollar but the euro as well.

That (championship) opened up a lot of new doors. It was exciting to play in Canada and Spain for the USA Elite Team. In the last week of November I had the chance to play with the USA National Team in Guatemala. Basically, it was the Olympic team. I pitched two and one-half games. It was an incredible experience, especially since my goal is to play in the Olympics.