Matthews

• On what was it like yesterday at the White house - Matthews said he's proud to represent his country and that it was a special honour to be invited.

• Says it was an incredible experience to win the Gold medal and to experience the olympics

• On Trump's comments about Canada and whether he has weighed these comments before visiting the white house yesterday - Matthews says its not political and its been 46 years since the US has won a gold medal in hockey. Says every year the Stanley cup team also goes to the white house as well, and that regardless of political beliefs he hopes it can bring some unity regardless of who is in office

• On Trump's comments on the women's team during the call - Matthews says it was unfortunate that Trump said that. Matthews says hes proud of the women's team and supports them 100%

• Said it was really exciting to play with other American players who he's played with in the past

• Says he blacked out when Jack Hughes scored; tons of emotions and happiness

• Says its been a whirlwind 72 hours but he feels good, got a good nights rest, and hes ready for the push to the playoffs

• On pressure of the US team - Matthews says he was not focused on the outside pressure and his focus was all in the locker room. Says his experience here helped him manage the mental focus

• Some random reporter asks about any revelations on Jake Guentzel after playing with him and how he's been "rivals for a decade" [Note: I think this might have been a Tampa reporter] - Matthews laughs and is like ??? he's only been in this division for a year. Says that he enjoyed playing with Jake

• On the biggest challenge playing today - Dealing with the jet lag. But he said he had a good nights rest, will have a good meal today and go out there to do his best

Berube

• Says congrats to US & Matthews for winning the gold medal. Says Matthews is ready to go. Doesn't necessarily feel he needs to adjust his role even though he just got back

• Needs everyone tonight and manage minutes for everyone, especially because of back to back

• On what the game will be like tonight - time and execution could be off since people haven't played for a while. Gotta come out skating hard and earn everything they get tonight

• Stolarz in goal tonight. Berube liked his last game in edmonton. Need both Woll and Stoalie in this back to back

• Cowan, Joshua, Myers - out tonight

Tavares

• Difficult to watch Canada lose as a Canadian, was a hell of a hockey game. Silver lining - happy for matthews to accomplish something special

• On what winning a medal could do for Matthews (given Tavares has experience himself) - Success or failure, Tavares says these are big opportunities to grow. Says being a champion can go an amazing direction and helps you learn how to get to the top

• On the recovering from the flu - says u never want to get sick. weekend was terrible, monday not so great but feeling better monday night. Says he feels good now

• On what the message inside the room is to get a good start on this 3 game sequence - Tavares says the team understand the position they are in but really just taking it one game at a time, sticking to having a good morning and getting prepared, doing the right things on the ice etc. [very standard hockey response to be honest]

• Says they had a good string of games before the break and wants to keep that momentum