The key was the shorthanded goal. I thought Dan Hacker did a great job of sparking the team. |
The playoffs are the best time of the year. The sun is shining. The plants are budding, and playoff hockey is in the air. |
The reason I pick the captain is a lot of the times it becomes a popularity contest in training camp. |
There's a great taste of playoff hockey right there. ... Tonight was probably more of a normal game you're going to see out of these two teams. |
This is the kind of series you could see in the finals. It's kind of sad, but it sets up great playoff hockey. |
This series was good for our confidence. We got three solid goaltending performances. |
We have a big one coming up in Alaska. We've got to make sure we go up there and play solid hockey. It will be a good test. |
We literally got outworked in every zone. It was a clear, simple, good ass kicking. |
We're a physically and mentally fatigued team right now. |
You never know in the playoffs. You may have to pull one guy and put the other guy in. And if the team knows it can play well in front of both guys, it's a great situation. |
You want your goaltenders to be good friends and want to work for each other and pull for each other. Competition is very good within a team, but it has to be the right competition. If two guys are battling and they don't want each other to do well, then it's not healthy for your hockey club. |