Former USA Olympian and Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette quotes regarding USA Men’s Olympic Hockey Team. Q: How does win over Canada help Team USA in confidence level? PL: “I think everybody had Canada picked to go very deep in the tournament and obviously USA was unknown with so many first-time Olympians and a young squad. Anytime you can win big games like that it breeds confidence and you take that with you as you move on in the tournament or as you are trying to reach a goal. When you can knock off what is predicted to be one of the top teams, if not the best team in the tournament and you do it in the matter of which they did it, I think you gain confidence from that. They (USA) are still going to have to beat a couple very good teams down the stretch in order to continue to chase their dream. “Really, along with the confidence came the seeding and the match-up that they were looking for

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Laviolette, Hatcher talking USA Hockey