A few comments from Dean Blais on the series:
http://www.unogateway.com/behind-enemy-lines-1.1903035
"When I was with the World Junior Team it was a good reception," Blais said. "But right now I'm the enemy and that's the way most of their fans will look at it. They won't forget what I accomplished there in those years, but it's different now."
"I felt after 10 years at North Dakota as head coach, nine as assistant coach – 19 years at one school was enough. "I wanted to try the NHL. After three years of being there I thought, ‘eh, not for me.' I wanted to coach this age group."
"They'll see when they get there," Blais said about his team's first trip to North Dakota. "They'll see that it's the finest facility in the world, nothing is even close. Not even in the NHL can they duplicate what that Engelstad Arena is."
"We'll respect North Dakota, but we'll try to beat North Dakota," Blais said. "We know what they are but our guys aren't gonna be intimidated."
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