Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson
Ice hockey coach and former NHL forward who won a gold medal in 1980 with the U.S. Olympic hockey team.
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth22 September 1957
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The second period was real big for us, because it kind of put the game out of reach. I challenged the team to come out and play like we wanted to win. It was kind of an 'eye of the tiger'-type thing where we ... let the other team know that we wanted to wrap it up and not let this thing linger on.
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There's no doubt our kicking game has to get better, ... It's not from lack of working on it.
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Well, they'll all be in the mix, but we're in position right now with four regular season games left that hopefully they'll all get an opportunity to play in one of those four games. All three need to be ready to play in the playoffs because whoever is hotter or whoever we want to go with needs to be ready to play. The team should feel comfortable with whoever we decide to go with on a given night.
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I think Friday's game will be a very good match and a difficult game. North Dakota will come in here with everything to gain and nothing to lose.
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I think the strength of our league and some of our non-conference games have prepared us for this opportunity. Obviously, we'll try to do some homework here and collect some information on our opponent Friday and try to prepare ourselves.
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She's taken advantage of her opportunities. She played well last week at North Dakota for us. The big thing is she's adjusting well to the college game quickly and is building confidence each time out on the ice. I hope she continues to improve. She's a smart player.
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We're real excited about the opportunity this upcoming weekend. The game last night was very intense and certainly nerve-racking.
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At this time of the year, any time you can play at home, whether it's your playoff games or an NCAA game, I think it's a benefit to your hockey club. If you get that home game, whether it's some years maybe at the Kohl Center or maybe at the Cap Ice Center or at the Eagle's Nest (in Verona), it's a good thing.
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Our whole history has been an abundance of game and fish. If you don't manage it right, you won't have abundance. That's what hunters are worried about.
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In the first game, the puck went in real quick. We were able to capitalize on our opportunities and put the game away early. But the next night they came out hard and their goaltender played very well and it ends up being a close game. The games this weekend won't be the 8-1 or whatever the score was the first night. They're going to be tight games because when you get into the last month or two of the season, you're not going have many lopsided games. Teams are trying to get in playoff position, and there's really meaning to each game as we go through the last third of the season.
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When it got colder, we decided to wait, because they can't be sealed if the pavement is too cold. We'll have them sealed when it gets warmer.
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We are urging local residents to avoid U.S. 69 whenever possible, ... It's a bottleneck right now and will be until probably the weekend.
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I've seen growth every year on our side. We've done things this year that we didn't do last year. It's building ... we'll just keep doing the things we're doing. If we do that, the support will continue to improve, as it has in the past three or four years.
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These were people much like you and I. What is it in humanity that allowed it to happen?