‘”13 [games] in 24 [days] to start the season, we all looked at that with serious respect. We were wondering how we were going to manage that, and I’m so pleased with the work off the ice the players have been doing and how we’ve been able to leave out quite a few normal ice practices; whether it’s pre-game on game days or other days where we need to do things off-ice to keep our minds and bodies fresh. We learned to how to manage that. We knew it was coming at us, and we know it’s coming at us again after the Sweden trip. I thought the group has manged [the season] very well.”‘