We try to make sure we take care of recovery, do lots of stretching, and focus on the core part of the body, specifically. |
We were able to ride it all the way in. Not picture perfect, but effective. |
We were frustrated by our lack of offensive punch. We had our chances, but didn't finish. |
We're doing something other than going out on the ice. We just felt that with our travel schedule and the games that it was getting monotonous, redundant. What we're trying to do is just bring everybody down, regroup and focus. The mental preparation is as big as the physical preparation when you're stepping into this Game 7 scenario. |
We've got a long way to go. There still are a lot of points available. |
We've got to find ways to win rather than finding ways to lose. |
We've got to get more people involved and play four lines. We had our chances, but we didn't get the job done. |
We've had to battle back. Points are too important now and we've got to find a way to shake ourselves out of those doldrums early. |
We've talked about it. You cannot, cannot - stress cannot - use your stick. It's experience. This is a new area of the game, the way it's being called. |
When you lose a shootout, you feel like you've lost the hockey game. We didn't lose the hockey game. We lost a point and they gained a point. |
When you lose the shootout, you feel like you lost the hockey game, ... But we didn't lose the hockey game. We lost a point and they gained a point. That's the reality of it. |
When you lose the shootout, you feel like you lost the hockey game. But we didn't lose the hockey game. We lost a point and they gained a point. That's the reality of it. |
You can't give anybody five-on-threes like we did in the second period. We got ourselves into penalty problems and it turned the whole momentum in their favor. |
You don't want to do anything that you haven't done before, or do anything drastic. We prepare our hockey club the way we think is needed, and it's worked for the better part of the year. Now all of a sudden we come out of the break and we can't find that. We will bang our head against the wall, and we'll scratch and claw and try to find ways to motivate people that have to be mentally more prepared. |
You guys have heard it so many times I'm sure you're sick of it. |