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
dual goes kyle match meet sure time wants win year
I'm sure Kyle wants to win every match he goes out, but this was a dual meet loss. When the time comes at the end of the year during big-time matches, he'll be ready.
committed goals good league players win won
It has been a good year. One of our goals was to win a league championship. These players are very committed and very passionate. They won the first league championship for our young program. This is their moment.
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The toughest thing about the Frozen Four is getting in, and now we've got in, and you might as well go up there and try to win it. This opportunity isn't guaranteed every year. Hopefully we'll be back there consistently over the years to come, but it takes a lot of hard work.
atmosphere experience kids night opportunity remember winning
The game, and winning the game, was outstanding. But when these kids look back on the experience and the opportunity they had (Saturday) night and the atmosphere that was created, I think they'll remember that for a long, long time.
rattling walls windows
It started rattling the walls and rattling the windows in our house.
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Part of our message to the players is putting individual egos aside, and playing for the team. At the end of the day, if you win something, it's because everybody was able to sacrifice.
capable confident guys lose match meet winning
I don't like to lose at all, and I know we're capable of winning every match this weekend. I told the guys before the meet that I was confident we'd win every match. That didn't end up happening, but I'm still happy.
awkward nervous silence sort wonderful
I was as nervous as a cat. We had a really wonderful meal, and before dessert, there was sort of an awkward silence while I got up my nerve.
dakota difficult gain game good match north
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.
dice disney huge roll
This is a huge roll of the dice for Disney and Walden,
common looking seems touched
If you're looking for a common denominator, that seems to be the one. He touched all of them in different ways.
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I supported this effort because it was very important to bring a new generation of Arabs to the United States to better understand Americans and to promote closer people-to-people contact between the Middle Eastern countries and us,
building came classroom computers engage kids teaching time using
I noticed, a long time ago, you can engage kids a lot more with a screen. We started using computers in the classroom around 1980, but this class really started when we came to this building about 11 years ago. It was an experiment, and I have been teaching this class (advanced communications) ever since.
follow great loss shakes time
I think any time you have a loss, it's important to follow it with a win. Any loss shakes your confidence. It was great to see how Pete did.