You could probably tell from the early beginnings maybe a tenseness and the pressure that was on the home team. We never have that luxury.

That’s as tough as it gets. She just missed out. Talk about resilient. I’ve probably had to cut her more times than any player I’ve been around, and she just keeps coming back.

It’s important to the community.

Nobody came into our camp thinking they’ve got it made. That might not have been the case in 1998 and maybe even 2002.

The core is pretty much intact from the world championship team. We think we have players of equal or greater ability. We still have a lot of experience. Their hockey knowledge is solid because of...

Great players are left behind when teams are selected. This team is no different than any other team.

We came to play today. … I think we came together as a team and played well. We just want to take it one game at a time and keep moving on.

There’s plenty of miles to go before we sleep. It’s just another game in the books.

Natural-gas storage is one gigantic bear — and each week it grows bigger.

I’m impressed with our team’s effort. Josh is a powerful scorer. We tried to move the ball around and shake them up and Josh took advantage.

She has not had the easiest time staying on the straight and narrow. When you have a lot of talent, you might take things for granted.

We put in some things in practice this week that fit our personnel a little bit more than some things that I’ve been trying to force-feed to them recently.

The young players coming up in our team are really remarkable. That’s one thing I hope people will remember about this year for this team: That we gave several young players a chance to take...

I didn’t think we’d place.

At times we showed an ability to mount an attack. But when you get behind that early it makes it hard to come back.

She looked to be in top form. She looked like she was back to where Pam Dreyer should be on the depth chart.

We figured we’d get in one last bit of exercise before being cooped up for days.

In the scheme of things, there was plenty of time.

We have had an arduous four months where we’ve been tested under fire and we’re looking forward to bringing this group of 20 athletes together to make the final push. As Americans we all know...

Hopeful is how I’d put it. January was warmer than I would have liked. But the buds are still tight and closed, so that’s a good sign.

The goalie might get in the head of the players. That’s credit to their (Sweden’s) team spirit. When goalies play well, it gives their team more reasons to compete, and Sweden did compete.

This is not the final product. The final product won’t emerge until we go into the village in Turin [Italy]. The players know that.