That's the thing you can't speed up, |
That's what this league is going to be -- whoever chops the most wood at the end of the day is going to win. |
That's who he is. That's the way he plays. He's got a really big heart, good skill level, but it's his heart and his competitiveness that he carries with him. What's interesting for me is, the game was on the line and he was the best player on the ice. That speaks volumes for a 20-year-old player. |
The air went out completely. The deflation was unbelievable. |
The difference was we had a great start to the game and played very well, but when they got their power plays, it shifted the momentum back their way. We did a lot of things really well today. Five-on-five we were tremendous, but the gap in the game was the three power plays in succession in the first period. |
The doctor here cleared him to play but it was a little sore, so we did not take a risk. We'll have our own people look at him. |
The first period hurt us a lot. We mounted a comeback in the second, but couldn't score. |
The future starts tomorrow night. |
The game is on the line and we took two poor penalties in the third period. You can't do those things. It's unnecessary. That's the hockey game. We had tremendous effort by people, but we took two poor penalties. |
The game is on the line, and we took two poor penalties in the third period. We competed at a high level, we just got beat. |
The mentality of our team, especially with the young guys, is that this is a real opportunity for them. |
The only thing I know is that we've always responded to losing in a really intense fashion. The response to winning has been our problem. I'm not sure why; that's probably a discussion for July or August. But it's been the M.O. of our team for a long time now. |
The puck was in their zone a lot. We were one chance and out. We didn't have any second or third opportunities. |
The stuff he's doing is ongoing. It's ongoing, on a daily basis. He's trying to play. He's not going to play (today), that's for sure. He's an athlete trying to get better. |
The third period was tremendous. A lot of people played very, very well today. |