Not physically, just mentally and all the pressure and all the questions coming in and the thoughts, trying to get all the stuff out of my head. It was tough. The first game's out of the way. |
Our backs are against the wall. We can't afford to (mess) up anymore. This is it for us. |
Regardless of who you're playing, you bring your (best) efforts. Playoffs are six games away now. We can't afford to be coasting. |
Since then, we just picked it up, and hopefully, we just don't look back. |
Some people are happy at these schools and some aren't. We think these things are about general feel, and as much as you try to wrap it up in a statistical guide, you can't. |
That made me feel awesome. I really appreciated that. |
That was a bad goal in the third and I can't do that. I went down and it just got right through me. I don't know how it got through. |
That was really important for us. We really wanted it ... It's so important for us to go into the playoffs playing like this. |
That's cool (to help clinch a playoff spot). But it's also tough because Tomas has been here all year. There were a lot of nights that he single-handedly won us hockey games and put us in this position. |
That's kind of cool, but the other guys had a lot to do with it, too. I feel good, and when you're winning and securing a playoff spot and home ice, that gives the whole team confidence. |
The bottom line is it's only one game. I feel like I'm going to get better as it goes on. We intend on trying to prove people wrong as a team and myself. |
There were times when he just carried us. |
There weren't many second chances out there. The guys did an excellent job clearing the net and clearing rebounds. |
They seem to be one of the more difficult teams for us to beat. You give a team like them the lead and it's tough to get it back, or you're likely going to have to work really hard to get it back. It just puts you in a tough situation. |
They've probably got some of the top forwards in the game. We've just got to contain them. We have to play a grinding, hard, tight style and show that we can win the one-goal games. |