Weren’t most of the goals scored on power plays too? That’s not Quick’s fault if he’s not getting enough support and a couple of goals on our side would have helped. Do we not have good American coaches?
With the fast-track nature of this kind of tournament and most of the teams having such a high level of professional talent, you have to wonder how much the coaches and their motivation really played in the outcomes. I’d think that the GM’s and things done at the organizational level as far as player selection, etc. had more of an impact.
I wasn’t able to watch much of the Hockey competition live because of work requirements during the day, but based on the results alone it seemed that Ted Nolan did a creditable job with Latvia and got the most out of that squad. ( / homer OFF ;)