All in all, it was a good effort, a gritty effort. We stuck with it. |
Anytime you see that, usually you get a team that gets focus right away. |
Auld made some crucial saves tonight, especially at the end to preserve the win. |
He could start I suppose. |
He did really well in that (fight). I thought he played a heck of a game as well. When you get those types of efforts, it's really pleasing for the team. |
He got into a nice scrap with their captain. Sometimes when you are squeezing a little bit, physicality is great. |
He made some great saves in the third. He's been playing a lot of hockey for us. We haven't been able to get him as much rest as we'd like to and as much practice as we'd like to ... but he's really learning how to compete. You can see that. |
He saw the puck and got a couple of deflections. Anytime you read the deflections and make the saves, you know you're seeing the puck well as a goaltender. |
He was a difference-maker in the third period. |
He's a competitor and we've got a lot of competitive players, too, and they were battling him. Sidney is a bit of a focus for everybody in the game. One of the things that makes people want to show what they've got is wanting to show it against a guy like that. |
I am disappointed by how things ended here but I'm certainly nothing but thankful of the time that myself and my family have had here. |
I approach every day as though I can make a difference. And I really believe I can make a difference with this team. |
I don't know. I've never paid attention to that. I don't know who decides. I think it comes from the league, doesn't it? |
I don't think we were complacent, I don't think that we got the start that we had wanted. We weren't very good on a couple of shifts. We took lazy penalties tonight. We weren't assertive enough when we went to battle. |
I expect we'll see a harder working team. |