Miracle Page #3

You're kidding me, right?

This is our first day.

We got a week of this.

Aren't the advisory staff

supposed to have a say in this?

Technically, I guess.

You're missing some of the best players.

Not looking for the best players,

looking for the right ones.

You have Jim Craig to back up Janaszak?

- Other way round.

- Other way round?

Didn't Janaszak just win you

a national championship?

He's a solid goaltender, but we're

not playing for a national championship.

People say Craig's game's been off

since his mom died.

Did they ever see him

when his game was on?

Hughes. Ross. Auge. Delich.

Horsch. Strobel. Christoff.

Morrow. Suter. Ramsey.

Janaszak. Christian.

Pavelich. Verchota.

Baker. Harrington. Schneider.

O'Callahan. McClanahan.

Silk. Johnson.

Craig. Cox.

Eruzione.

That's the roster for now.

The rest of you, thanks for coming out.

Way to go, Rizzo.

Take a good look, gentlemen.

'Cause they're the ones

getting off easy.

I'm putting a few of you on reserve

in case somebody gets injured

or their game goes to hell.

The final roster will have 20 names

on it, so more of you are going home.

If you give 99 percent,

you'll make my job very, very easy.

I'll be your coach, not your friend.

If you need one of those,

take it up with Doc or Coach Patrick.

All right, gentlemen.

Congratulations to all of you.

That's it for today.

On the way out, pick up one of these.

You've got a little homework to do

before you celebrate.

Thank you.

Herb! Herb!

Hold on a minute.

- Hey, Walter. How we doing?

- I think we got a problem here.

What's that?

I got a room full of people

who want a say in this process

and you've already picked the team.

- Look, Walter...

- No! There's a right way to do this.

And this is not it.

If I was in your shoes,

I'd probably be saying the same thing.

All right. Let's go upstairs.

We'll help piece together a hockey team.

All of us. Together.

Walter, that's just not gonna happen.

Do you realize what the AHA went through

to put this thing together?

The best amateur players in the country

on the ice for a week, not just a day.

I didn't ask for that.

I already know my team.

How? Those kids have been on the ice

for a couple of hours.

Every one of them

was chosen for a specific reason.

I've studied film on every one of them.

I've seen them, coached a lot of them.

The ones I haven't, I've spoken

with their coaches. And scouts.

I know best what I need to compete.

The team I've chosen is it.

What am I supposed to say

to the advisory board?

Tell 'em the truth.

This puts me in a hell of a spot, Herb.

A hell of a spot!

They hired me to do a job.

I'm trying to do it.

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