We tried to work some of the rust off from our break. We wanted to establish that heart again. |
We were playing 1-on-4 hockey. One guy would have the puck and everybody else would watch him instead of 4-on-1 with everybody working for the guy with the puck. |
We were riding a really good wave. But when you've been around this game long enough, you know you're going to hit some storms. |
We're into our last three weeks, getting ready for the playoffs. Really, injuries won't play that much (of a factor). Unless a young man can't walk, they're going to do everything they can to play. That's just the nature of athletics when you get close to big games. That'll be the case for our young men as well. |
We've got a chance to win the last game of the year and that is what we talked about since the beginning of the year. Your goalie needs to be good. Your special teams need to be good and your big players need to play well. |
We've got a chance to win the last game of the year and that's something we talked about at the beginning of the year. I know for the kids, that's exactly the sentiment in the locker room after the game. |
We've tried to apply that lesson all year. It's a very profound game for these young men because we've talked about it all year and we've talked about it as a group. It's the application of the lesson that becomes the important part. |
When he's on top of his game he's very patient. I thought tonight there was moments when he was not that patient. |
When she's aggressive and getting to the rim, she's awfully tough to stop. Our goal was to get some shots, and eventually we started to get them. |
When we shook hands after the game, I asked if he was playing forward or defense. He is a very gifted player in his ability to see the ice. You have to have that extra gear in the gearbox at the next level. You don't know what it's like until you get there because it's a whole other level. But I think if you look at the percentages, I would think Matt has a good chance of having that extra gear. |
When you lose a key figure in your machinery, you obviously have to have some adaptation. Just think how the Pittsburgh Steelers would've been if they would've lost their quarterback going into the Super Bowl; it gives you a completely different look. That's the kind of position (goalie) is. |
When you talk about big players you talk about Brian Elliott. |
Whenever you talk about the game of hockey and if your team is playing well or if your team is struggling, you always start with the person that's playing between the pipes. |
With the production that we've had lately, it's probably a pretty good time to try to spark it up here by making some changes. |
You could use the analogy that tonight was what the doctor ordered. The outcome, the game itself, was like a B-12 shot. We're feeling better. |