He's been a big part of USA hockey for a long time. It's surprising. He's kind of synonymous with USA hockey.

That kind of epitomizes the way the tournament's been going for us.

We talked as a team that his was a big game. If we won we'd be up by 10 points, if we lost we'd be up by six, so we wanted to put some distance between the teams behind us. It doesn't matter how pretty the wins are, we have to get as many points as we can.

We need someone that's impartial, that hasn't been here a long time to get guys going to that next level.

A wake-up call, sometimes it's needed. Andy was here a long time. If we didn't make the playoffs, there was going to be changes - players, personnel, everybody.

I think a wake-up call is sometimes needed. Andy was here a long time ... now John's in and we have to get ready. We don't have much time.