Having a successful regional is predicated on Wisconsin being here, and based on the fact where they are sitting in the pair-wise, it's going to be very difficult for the NCAA not to put them in this region. I can't see them sliding in the pair-wise, and consequently, with the necessity of the NCAA establishing strong Western sites, I just can't see the NCAA not putting them in Green Bay. |
He was exceptional. He really kept us in the game. It was a heck of a shutout. He earned every bit of it. |
He's going to be a tremendous college player someday. He's got incredible power and accuracy behind his shot. His (second goal) was like a shot you'd see in the NHL. |
I didn't expect him to have 40-something saves and have a shutout. He's a 20-year-old and has been in the USHL for two years and junior hockey for four years. I thought he would add maturity and competitiveness, and he showed that (Friday). |
I just thought we had a tremendous focus and were ready to compete. We laid it on the line, and it really translated into all facets of our game. It's probably as complete a game as we've played in our two years here. |
I like our chances against Des Moines, I really do. I think we match up well. We're not playing an opponent that had their way with us. We were pretty darn even with them. |
I was proud of our kids' effort. We played very hard and played right down to the end. |
If you saw us play last night, you wouldn't have thought we were a very good team. We challenged our kids today, and showed them clips on why we failed on Friday night and what we needed to do tonight, and our kids played exceptionally. |
It adds a lot of credibility to our program. Kids may say, 'Hey, I'd like to play in the USHL, but you guys haven't won in three years.' I heard that last year with kids that we drafted. I had to tell them, 'Hey, give us a shot. Look at my background, look at my assistants' background, we have a tremendous amount of support here to win.' We're on the right path. |
It was a great shot. |
It was a pretty good hockey game for the third game in three days. I thought we had better scoring chances, but shootouts over the course of a long season come out about 50/50. It was a well-earned point for our team. |
It was our feeling that when the opportunity to acquire Eddie Neville was presented to us, it was a trade that we had to make. |
One goal against a team like that is what Eddie Neville is all about. He's been a major shot in the arm for our team, and he's been a major confidence-booster for us. |
Our team is definitely feeding off (Neville's) play in the net. He's done everything and more from what we could've expected. |
Sometimes they go in, and sometimes they don't. The thing is, we finished our scoring opportunities. |