[Aaron] Gagnon was the one guy for us who played with enough intensity for the entire game. It was a sandwich game and we were the bread. We were good at the front end and the back end, and they were good in the middle. |
Although he's a very humble kid who goes about his own business, all of the recognition that he's an elite player can only help his confidence. |
Any scoring for us is positive right now. We haven't scored easily. Some of our key scorers have had trouble so any time that somebody else can chip in it's always a positive. |
At this point, it doesn't matter who we're playing. We need to get some points. |
Both teams start at zero and it's even going in. I don't think records have much impact on the series. It puts an edge on the series when there's a rivalry between the two teams. But in preparing, there's no difference. It just makes it a little more exciting. |
Both teams were tighter defensively. |
Bridges kept us in it. He gave us a chance by being strong early. |
Even with our losing streak, we're right in the thick of things, right in the middle of a tight division. We just have to keep plowing away and give ourselves a chance by doing all the little things right. When you do that, things tend to change. |
He finishes very well. He's a goal scorer and he certainly did that. That's a great shot by a great player. |
He is a guy you can count on in all areas, offensively and defensively. He is strong on face-offs, on top of being a very good penalty killer. He is our captain here and he is a big leader for us in all areas. |
He is getting back to the level of a really elite player in this league. He and Chris Durand have both been playing very well for us. If we can get our entire lineup on the ice and get things going in the right direction, it's going to be a fun second half. |
He just has a bruise. There wasn't much swelling, so he should be ready to go. |
He's played well in all his appearances. He looked very composed and after giving up an early goal, he didn't panic. |
Hopefully we all got the message and learned that we can't afford not to be ready to play. We've got some special things we're going to work on to drive that point home. |
I didn't think we played well, especially in the first period. I don't think we really played well until the third period. ... We were good in spurts, but there is a lot of things that needed to be better. |