Chris Givens Good Quotations

Haslett's a very good team. They'll have the home ice, the home crowd Tuesday. It's certainly going to be a challenge. But when you get to this point all games are a challenge.

I give my guys credit. They cranked it up. They kept good pressure on in the offensive zone, in the neutral zone and in the final seconds behind the net (when Haslett was threatening). That was huge.

That says a lot. In any sport, there's always good teams that don't handle (success) well. They get cocky or whatever. We've had a great year and we've won a lot, but I'm proud of how they have handled it. It's a pretty unique group.

We were doing a good job killing that penalty. We had it (puck) at the blue line, but we couldn't chip it out. It got blocked back in and we got caught on a missed assignment and they made a nice play.

You never know what's going to happen in that situation; if they're going to pack it up and quit. It was good to see that they answered the call today and came back.

They play a style that's quite a bit different from other teams we've played. A lot of the game was playing in the neutral zone. They don't give you good looks and they clog up the middle.

It was a really good game. Both teams had opportunities. Both teams had shots that hit the post. And both goalies made some big saves.

It's frustrating, but we saw the Trenton game and we knew they had a great goaltender and knew we were going to have to throw a lot of shots at him. We felt good that we were getting opportunities. We felt 5-on-5 a lot of the time we were controlling the play.