i thought j.t. millery we haven't seen in a ranger play for a long time. >> rub off on the rest of the team there, he played a hard game, and when you think about all the things, travel and all that, he can and can't make a big deal. he came to play tonight. you can see the confidence he plays with. to 0 foot player. heavy on the puck, and they're going to need players like that. more importantly for me, the intensity that he played with today is going to rub off on the rest of the players. it was noticeable for him compared to the rest of the team. in my opinion. >> when you look at it, in these types of games, your best and greatest players have to show up. if you don't show up on the stat sheet, we got to see you out there. there's a lot of guys for the rangers whether they were on the ice or not, we didn't notice them. >> i would like to have seen the fourth line a little bit more. >> 100%. 100%. some of that is with coaching and how you manage the players. another part of it, they need to come out and

star forward matthew tkachuk, his brother brady tkachuk and american winger j.t. miller> did not see this coming. >> team canada forward brandon hagel made one of the americans planning the fights in a group text. >> maybe our team disoint doesn't like each other if they don't have group texts. >> cooper acknowledged the political tension. >> i'm a hockey coach. am i aware what is going on around the world? i am. >> flashback two weeks ago. tkachuk visited the white house. >> being one of the few americans, you know, who loves this country so much, this is such an incredible day for myself. >> today both ca c c tkachuks ae playing through injuries. >> luckiest in the world to be americans and grow up in this country and biggest chance to represent biggest stage an opportunity of the lifetime. >> bret, great moments are born from great opportunity and that is what we have here tonight keep in mind the nhl prevented them from playing in the past two olympics. for them many of them it's the first time to represent their country. in the olympics you can't fight. here you can