Bob Nicholson
Bob Nicholson
junior looking olympics
I am not looking to the Olympics right now. I have something much more important on Dec. 30 and that is the world junior championship. We have to get it right here.
camp key medical players staff start stay talk top toronto
The key thing for us now is to have our medical staff talk to all NHL medical staffs to stay on top of where all of our players are. We're going to have to do that from now to the start of our camp in Toronto (Feb. 13).
certainly gretzky supporting wayne
They certainly are supporting (our position) and that is to have Wayne Gretzky at the Olympics.
evaluation happen october
The evaluation of who will play in Turin will really happen October through December,
coming days expect few list next
I think it's a non-issue. They will look at the list in the next few days and I don't expect anything coming back.
against biggest game junior looking medal olympics round
I'm not even looking to the Olympics right now. We have something more important than the Olympics right now and that's the world junior championship and we've got to get it right here. We're going into our biggest game (tomorrow against the U.S.) and into the medal round and it has to be better.
allow call exactly heard hit hooking last meeting players sat team words
I sat in the last (IIHF) directors' meeting and the words I heard in the last directors' meeting were exactly what I wanted to hear. They were going to allow players to hit and they were going to call the hooking and the holding. Now the players are confused. We have to get this much more consistent, not for Team Canada, but for every player in this tournament.
clear coach deal direct good great players shows
He's such a good coach because he is very clear and direct to the players on what he wants. He really makes them accountable, but in his own way always shows a great deal of support.