To win the league is probably over. This is about as disappointed as I think I've been maybe in my four years. |
Tommy has that knack for finding a soft area in the slot. Same spot he missed from earlier, but he hit it that time. |
Tommy scored our first goal our freshman year in our first game and now he scores the last one, so pretty neat for him. But what an unbelievable script. To do it right in front of these people, too, in front of this crowd, I'm just beside myself. |
Unless you were in that dressing room and around the whole thing, you can't describe it. I don't think I've stopped smiling yet since the game has ended. |
We ask him about, what do you guys say in the dressing room, what was the focus like, and then you ask what was the party like afterwards? |
We feel like with our skill set and with the way we play, put your best line out there against us and we'll see what happens. We have fun with that. |
We had a great relationship in Green Bay, but now it's closer. We're 10 times closer than we were in Green Bay. We're able to relate more personably. We're able to talk more on a personal level. But in Green Bay, it was mostly about hockey. |
We had talked about it -- how cool it would be. It was a special moment. |
We wanted to pressure them and we did. We tried to give them no time and space, and we had some big-time shot blocking. That was a back-breaker. |
We've seen how hard they play. They compete so hard, they're up and down the ice, they skate well and they're physical. If we can match their intensity and play as hard as they do, that gives us a chance to be successful. |
When he plays well, they play harder in front of him. Obviously then, getting an early goal is going to be key for us. |
While you want to be remembered as the team that won, you want to have some fun with it and take some time to look around at the whole crowd and the whole situation and take it all in and remember it. That will be the most important thing. |
Yale had won one game all year and they came in and they dominated us. We had to scramble in the last couple of minutes just to tie it up, 1-1. It's embarrassing. The fans don't deserve to have to see that, and for the work that we put in as a group, that's embarrassing to us. That sticks in the back of our heads - I know it sticks in my head. |
You could make the puck white, and we'd still have fun playing out there. So, whatever the situations are, we're going to have fun with it, and it's going to be a special, special game. |
You just can't put it into words. I know I haven't stopped smiling yet. This whole game was great for the program. Every time you put that sweater on you're representing all the great players that have played here, all the championships that have been won. It is a special place at Wisconsin and the following we have is second to none. |