Derek Laxdal Great Quotations

I thought our guys played a great first period. You get a big lead and you play hard and sometimes it's hard to hold on to a big lead. But it will be a good character-building game for us.

I thought from start to finish the guys put in a great effort tonight. I thought they kept buzzing, buzzing.

There's a great taste of playoff hockey right there. ... Tonight was probably more of a normal game you're going to see out of these two teams.

You never know in the playoffs. You may have to pull one guy and put the other guy in. And if the team knows it can play well in front of both guys, it's a great situation.

The key was the shorthanded goal. I thought Dan Hacker did a great job of sparking the team.

This is the kind of series you could see in the finals. It's kind of sad, but it sets up great playoff hockey.