Due to some family obligations we had to get creative in getting audio from Team USA coach Keith Allain and forward Kyle Palmieri to discuss Wednesday's bronze-medal clash against Sweden, but creativity worked as the fine people at USA Hockey hooked The News up with a phone interview with the pair. Among the items of discussion: an opportunity for the U.S. to not only win a medal on home soil for the first time in five tries as a host but also medal in back-to-back years for the first time ever and what that would mean to USA Hockey.
Here is audio from the interviews, taped off a speaker phone.
Keith Allain
Kyle Palmieri
---Miguel Rodriguez
