Martin Rucinsky
Martin Rucinsky
Martin Ručinský; born March 11, 1971) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League. Ručínský was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round as the 20th overall selection in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft on June 22, 1991...
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At the beginning of the tournament, we weren't playing as a team. We weren't satisfied, but just before the Canada game, we sat down and talked about just going out and playing our game. Since then, we've been building momentum, and it carried over.
coach doubt everybody mind picked win
There's no doubt in my mind he's the coach of the year. Everybody picked us for 30th. What he's done with the team, the way he is, the way he's coached, he should win it by miles.
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That's what I heard a lot in the last few years - when the team's losing, he doesn't care and doesn't have anything to do with that. But that just shows you what he's about. He never has to speak. Just watch what he did (Saturday) and that should be enough.
best saw
We put a lot of pucks on him and we can't get frustrated. He is one of the best goalies in the world and you saw why tonight.
obviously power shot
Obviously he's been important to the power play. He's a right-handed shot and we don't have a lot of those.
doubt hottest playing
No doubt we're playing the hottest team. It's hard, but we have to find a way to get it done.
picked second third
We picked it up in the second and third periods, but we'll have to play better.
came medal round together win
It's the medal round (now), so it was a big win for us. We came together as a team.
game
It was like a game of pool: I called it.
good happened maybe wake
They wanted it more, I guess. Maybe it's a good thing that happened to us. Maybe it will wake us up and give us a warning.
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It's a deciding time, you either win or you go home. We've got a lot of guys on the team that will probably play their last games for the national team. We want to give it our best and play a little bit longer.
compete enemies medal weeks
It's a professional sport. We play here together, but for two weeks we're going to be enemies. We're going to compete for a medal in the Olympics. That's going to be a little weird, but obviously, we've done it before. We're used to it.
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They've been on top of everything all season. They're so well-prepared.
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They're very important to the hockey team. I wouldn't even call them third or fourth lines. They work so hard and they cause a lot of trouble.