(I) wasn't pleased with the officiating. (I'm) getting paid an American League salary, so we'll . . . leave it at that. |
(Racine) was good, and that's real important for us. |
And then I thought there's a lot of pressure on him. And he'd just like to blend into all of this. |
Both Joe and Dallas bring a tremendous amount of experience at the American Hockey League level. We believe their experience will be a tremendous asset to the success of our players. |
Eleven goals, the home team wins, the fans leave happy ... and the two coaches are behind the benches pulling their hair out. But I'd rather see that than a grind-it-out 2-1 game. |
Ford was very solid, very respectable for us. I'm very happy with his play. |
Grand Rapids will say all the right things, but I think they'll look at the standings and see they finished 25 points ahead of us and think in the back of their minds, 'Hey, let's win four straight and move on. We want to go in and maybe take it to seven games and see what happens then. |
He could get his point across without embarrassing any of his teammates. And he was famous for taking players out for dinner, especially the new guys. He never did anything to promote himself but the players in cities he played in loved him and the fans there loved him. |
He got his first goal, that's great, and we need to get contributions from all over right now. I'm very please especially with all the injuries we've had. We had six guys in the lineup tonight that I'd never met a month ago. |
He has a sensitivity about him so that he can read people and have empathy for their situation. At the same time, he has a backbone to him that he's not over there holding anyone's hand. |
He led by example. The details of the game -- if you get to maybe a certain pay level or a certain point in your life where you don't have to do something, Ronnie seemed to put more stock in doing those things. That's what made him a great leader. |
He's not a big guy, but he's got a lot of skill and he's showing he won't be intimidated by size. That is a real critical element for those kind of players. |
His attitude has been outstanding. I've never sat and wondered about where his focus was. |
His rebound control was outstanding and that's when he's on his game. |
I can't find any fault in our game, I'm just disappointed in the way it ended up. |