ST. LOUIS When Noel Acciari scored on his 31st birthday early in the second period against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Blues believed they had a good grip
Team Canada s staff has been preparing its players for moments like this since the summer camp. If you expect to go to the World Juniors and not have adversity, you re in the wrong tournament, said head coach Andre Tourigny. Tampa Bay just won the Stanley Cup without their captain [Steven Stamkos] so it happens. If you want to win you have to go through adversity.
Tourigny has served as an assistant coach at the World Juniors on four occasions, including last year in Ostrava, Czech Republic. If you look at last year, we had a suspension, we had injuries, we had sickness, we had controversy and that s the World Juniors, Tourigny said. Since June we talked to our players about adversity and that adversity will happen and we have to be ready.