Mike Eruzione

And it was just the last kind of jab at me to get me going.

For whatever reason, I don't know, but he was an incredible mind kind of guy.

He loved to get into people's heads and players' heads.

And part of me said, he can't cut me, I'm the captain.

And the other part said, you know, he just might.

He's crazy enough to do it.

The division was what they thought was going to happen once the team was picked.

Everybody kept, can the Minnesota and the Massachusetts guys get along?

Can the Wisconsin, Minnesota guys get along?

And we bonded right from the beginning.

And I tell you that because anybody who's played hockey, you realize at a young age how important your teammates are.

Hockey is the ultimate team sport.

And you know how important.

Like I've said many times, Mark Johnson, who's from Wisconsin, was our best player.

We don't win without Mark Johnson.

But how good would Mark be if the right wing and the left wing and the defensemen and the coaches weren't doing their job?

So we understood everybody had a job.

Everybody had a role.

Understand what your job is.

Understand what your role is.