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I thought we played our best hockey both nights in the third period. I thought we played a better game last night than we did tonight, but we come back and wound up finding a way to win without folding once they got the tying goal again.

I think it is important that we make the political decision-makers know the new arena has our support. We are trying to emphasize the importance of the hockey in this area. We know it will affect high school hockey.

I think it just shows how much women's hockey is growing and how good it is to all the fans out here.

I think it'll be fine and I know there's some concern on a lot of people's part but if you watch around the league, the guys who play, and play a lot, get better. It might be tough for a year or so but once those guys get playing, they'll become good hockey players.

I think it?s a great feeling. It?s an honor to go to a successful team, a team that wants to win. There?s not much more you can ask for as a hockey player then to go to a team that aspires for the Stanley Cup each and every year. It?s a great opportunity for me.

I think it's by far the biggest win in Swiss hockey ? since I've been playing. Even in history. It's kind of a miracle.

I think it's certainly competitive with the other major sports now. In this market now ? nothing compares to football in this market ? but when you look at basketball and other sports, I think hockey is right there with them.

I think it's cool how she's well balanced between hockey and school. I just think it's neat how someone can excel at both.

I think it's good. It puts us on a stage with every other sport that's major. People who know hockey know there really is not a place in hockey for steroids. I'm sure there are things you want to enhance your performance, but I think at the end of the day you'll see we are clean.

I think it's great for the game when you get those kind of players going behind the bench who know the game, know the right way it's meant to be played. Especially with the way hockey is going right now, I think it's exciting and hopefully there are more guys who will step behind (the bench) and continue to do that.

I think it's just another one of those hockey things. I'm not sure anybody can find out why it happens. It just sort of grows on its own.

I think it's just repetition, getting used to it. As well, I think after you do it so many times and you're rewarded with opportunities or being in tight hockey games, when you see it's working, it's easy to use. Everyone's buying in and realizing it can make a difference, so everyone's doing their part and really just trying to contribute in that way, making sure we all stick together.

I think it's kind of getting old talking about it, to be honest with you. It's something where we just have to play hockey and not worry about the officials, who we have total confidence in.

I think it's important to be playing well at this time of year. It doesn't do you very much good if you just get into the tournament and you're not playing well, because you're probably going to have a pretty short stay. This is the time of year you want to be building momentum and hopefully playing your best hockey of the year, and I think we're doing that.

I think it shows we're a hockey club that is not going to back down from anything. We'll be able to use our speed to make plays and stuff. We're ready for a long series and we will be there until the end.

I think it's an opportunity. Nothing's changed for me as far as my preparation for the game. Every time I get a chance to play it's going to be the same mindset, to help give my team a chance to win a hockey game.

I thought we were going to win. Some calls were tough against us, some calls were fair. We had a 2-0 lead, we should have been able to win the hockey game.

I think we played with more desperation and we had the puck more in their zone. That just comes from moving your feet and not playing on your heels. This is playoff hockey and you can't play on your heels.

I think we gave a good effort and we did just about everything right in order to win hockey games, except for scoring goals. I have to hand Huet credit. He played a good game -- a really good game. But you forget about this one and go again (today at the Garden against Carolina). That's what you do.

I thought this was the way the game should be played. I don't know if we've got too many mothers running hockey or what.

I thought that we played regular season hockey to that point. They've been playing playoff hockey, and we said, 'You know what? We've got nothing to lose.

I thought the focus was where it needed to be and that was on the hockey game. They responded and played extremely hard. Fortunately for us, we got the result.

I thought we had some chances. Both teams had chances. It was a good hockey game. Any time you lose 1-0 in overtime you know you fought hard, you played well. You just ended up on the short end of the stick.

I thought we moved the puck around pretty well and we got some traffic in front of their net. But this is a long series, and they've got a great hockey club. We've got to improve our effort.

We now have a quality affiliate to send our younger prospects that is located just 90 minutes away, giving our hockey operations staff the chance to frequently watch these players develop.

I wasn't scared about the abnormality. But I was scared about not playing hockey again. That was a shock for me.

I was more concerned that if we didn't make a change that we wouldn't get it turned around. I understand that it's a very short period of time for us to turn this around .B .B . we're in a battle with a lot of good hockey teams.

Three glaring mistakes cost us the three goals. You're going to make mistakes in a hockey game. They made some, and we couldn't get by Elliott.

We had our chances, they just didn't go in. It was a game between two competitive teams in a heck of a hockey series. We would have loved to have found a way to end it tonight, but we'll just have to forget it and be ready to play our next game.

We came out flying tonight. The most important thing, which we've been doing a much better job with, was staying away from penalties. If we play good, smart hockey and stay out of the penalty box, we're going to win.

You know the Little League World Series? It's the hockey equivalent of that.

The one thing you have to be careful with every time you look at a lineup and see that you are playing a team you should beat, is that sometimes you don't put in your best effort. But I think at this point in the season, we're prepared to play our best hockey night in and night out.

We know that Dallas isn't going to quit. We are up 3-0 and we want to do whatever we can not give them any momentum. We don't want to go back to Dallas if we don't have to. They have such a great hockey team over there and nobody here wants them to get a win and get on a roll.

I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.

That was just a complete hockey game. All four lines played well. Plus, we had a good start and that's so important.

The assassination of his character, to me, is absolutely ludicrous. There's no question in my mind, if there's a person in the world of hockey that deserves the benefit of the doubt in a situation such as this, it's Wayne Gretzky.

We have a nice group of kids in this area. We're growing, and a lot of kids play hockey. That's really the reason Fishers Youth Hockey came to light.

We're really looking forward to the Prep game. After all, they have the premier hockey program in Connecticut. But I've warned the guys that we have five games to play before then. It's way too dangerous to look too far ahead.

Wait and see, it'll turn into a really good tan. It was more like story time. More laughs. When we were here, this happened and so forth. We really didn't discuss the hockey play a whole lot.

Usually when I wielded a hockey stick, it meant somebody was going to get hurt, ... This is just a friendly match.

We're very, very concerned heading into the new season, ... but I think it's a natural reaction. We haven't played hockey for a year. The standards and expectations remain very high.

We have to make sure our players are disciplined to the point, where they can't put themselves or their team in a situation that's going to cost their hockey club goals, momentum, whatever you want to call it.

We have to play a full 60 minutes. Once we got the lead that late in the game, you have to do the smart things. I will take the blame on that one -- I did not get it deep, turned it over and it was in the net. Those are the things that make a difference in hockey games.

We have to play near-perfect hockey and everybody has to be going on all cylinders to win hockey games. And we weren't going.

We have Canadians on our hockey team, obviously, but we also have a good number of Canadians in our general student population. It feels good for them, I think, to have that. And we're close to home for them so their families can see them play.

We know that this country wants gold and nothing else is good enough. That's the expectation for Canada when it comes to hockey and we know that. We aren't kidding ourselves. We know we have to win the gold. We don't have anything else on our minds.

I was really excited. This is close to my home town in Hamilton. I grew up with Hockey Night in Canada sitting at home watching it. This was one of the biggest games of my life.

I was really happy because it showed we have some real hard core hockey fans in Greenville. If we have to come back and play on Wednesday, I hope even more people will come out.

The arena was only half full for a preseason opener, ... I was surprised because you think of Detroit as a hockey town.

The 5-on-3 at the end of the first, they played it very well. They had the penalty killers working really hard. They didn't give us much. Credit to them, but there was a lot of hockey after that. When you spot that team three goals you're fighting an uphill battle.

Winning the division title is a significant milestone, and there is a tendency to let off the gas pedal. There isn't really anything left to play for in the standings, so it's a balancing act between getting healthy and rested and still be playing proper hockey when it comes to work habits.

Wisconsin really has an excellent hockey team. There were a lot of comments in our locker room and from our players about how well they're coached, how talented their players are and how well they played tonight. They are very deserving champions.

Willie is a veteran player who upgrades the depth of our defensive corps. He plays a solid defensive game and will be a good fit for our hockey club as we prepare for the 2006 playoffs and a chance to compete for the Stanley Cup.

Winning hockey games when we don't play well, that's a step forward.

Most hockey teams can stay out almost indefinitely because they lose less money by not playing than by playing. That's not true for baseball. I think the majority of owners know that the value for them is keeping the gates open.

You just never stop thinking about hockey when you end the season like that. We were so close, but you look back now and there are certain games and certain plays where you think it could've made the difference. But in the end, they didn't get done and you didn't make it. You don't want to burn a hole through your head thinking about the types of things that you could've done or not.

You just want everybody to bring what they bring. For me, it's good to be excited and relaxed. It's tough to do that but a lot of guys in this room have Game 7 experience. It's just about winning a hockey game.

I was really pleased. It was good to see two NHL teams playing again. It was a penalty-filled game, but hockey is back.

That was a huge game to win, playing the U.S.. We (Canadians) can play baseball too, we're not just a hockey country.

That was some of the best hockey we played was earlier in the year. I hope we get back to that because we've been struggling lately. I thought we had a good effort at Lakeland (in a 5-1 loss last Tuesday), but we're still capable of playing better hockey.

That would be a huge plus for this hockey club, if he can go over there, get in shape and get his game back.

Most of the guys here play college hockey and we get it every time from the student sections so it's something that should be expected. I definitely thought it was anti-American, but at the same time a lot of guys in the locker room thrived on that. Almost every Canadian I've met is a great person. That's just hockey. They didn't like the other team.

We got to know Torch, and I think Torch impressed Dave with his interview. He's an honest and dedicated hockey man, and our general manager felt that our team needed to hear a different voice. Torch can bring that.

We got to play near-perfect hockey and everybody's got to be going on all cylinders for us to win, and we weren't going.

We need to use this as a stepping stone to grow the game of hockey here in Italy.

We've been getting some excellent hockey by all four lines, and I think that's why we're having success right now because we're not just relying on our big dogs to score the goals. I just tried to get the puck on net and Murray, getting his nose dirty once again, made a great deflection.

We've been getting used to each other's style of play. Hockey is a game of communication. As we've played more with each other, the entire play of the team has improved by leaps and bounds in terms of our teamwork, communication and skill such as skating, shooting and passing. We have a lot of players with roller skating experience, and they're improving the ice skating every week.

We've been going really well. It's been good for me not to have to worry about coming back in. So I won't be going into the lineup unless I feel like I can make a contribution to the hockey club.

We got off to a rough start in New York where I wasn't playing too much. Going to Washington I was having fun playing hockey again but got hurt. I got traded to L.A. and everything was a downward spiral.

We gave up some bad penalties and the Blues capitalized on all of their chances, and that's what hockey is all about.

We haven't gotten off to good starts, so that's important for us to do in both games. We want to come home on a good, positive note. L.A. is struggling, but is still a good hockey team. And San Jose, with Thornton in the lineup, that makes them even more dangerous offensively. The good thing for us is we've seen Thornton a lot, so we know his strengths and weaknesses.

We haven't played our best hockey the last couple weeks. Let's not kid ourselves.

We haven't played our best hockey the last few weeks. We have to be much better on Saturday if we are to prolong this thing.

We have nowhere to go but up. Everybody realizes that. The quicker we dust ourselves off and start running again, the better our hockey team?s going to be. Are people (ticked) off? Yeah, they?re pretty (ticked) off.

We made a play in the third period that gave us the win. Tonight, it was two great hockey teams playing as hard as they can. We got a break. Otherwise, the game could have went either way. We'll count our blessings and get on the bus.

Mike and I have been talking about it for quite a long time. He did suggest it once and I turned him down. I didn't think it was the right time. Mike will be involved as one of the trusted people in the hockey business.

With all the hockey we have in the building right now, there was no way we had enough locker rooms.

We're a good skating team. We knew going into the third period our best hockey was yet to come.

You always see Mark as a hockey player. It's going to be odd to see him without the skates on. To me, Mark looks more like a GM, he always has this solid look. I don't see Mark throwing bottles and sticks on the ice.

We drive 50 minutes in the evening to Rockville so that my son can play on the Montgomery Youth Hockey Club. There are a number of Arlington youth who travel to other jurisdictions to play hockey. Youth hockey is big, big in the area.

We can play better and we expect to play better. We play some of our best hockey on the road. If you're expecting easy, open-ice goals against this team, you're not gonna get it. But I don't think there's anyone in this locker room who doesn't think we can win in Edmonton.

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We have to prove that we're for real, that we're going to be around. I had to do that with the ABA, too, but I also had to fight the NBA. What's nice about roller hockey is that the NHL hasn't knocked us. It sees us as a continuation of its season.

We have to raise our game and play our best hockey in the medal round. It was a good practice today because I think every line was clicking.

We have to realize we're not playing good hockey right now. But we still have one game left until the audition is over and the real season begins. We still have a little time to sort things out.

We'll deal with USA Hockey and the NHL, not with the New Jersey police.

We have to tighten up those turnovers. I think that was the difference in the hockey game.

We played (at Park View) the first four years, then there were a couple of years we didn't have hockey in Danville.

We played awful hockey in the second and third periods. We were fortunate it was only 3-1.

We have a lot of good, young players at USA Hockey and a lot of guys coming. We can take the positives out of this game and out of the whole tournament.

When you're in the hockey hotbed ... everyone is entitled to their opinion. What bothers me is when it's based on wrong information,

We are thrilled about the National Hockey League's decision to partner with XM Satellite Radio, ... The clear winners of this partnership are the millions of hockey fans in the U.S. and in Canada who are incredibly passionate about their favorite NHL team and who will now be able to follow them regardless of where they call home.

Well, we've been pretty consistent with our statements and what we want to do as a group, and that gets better each weekend. We've certainly made some strides in the early part of September to where we are now, but now it's time to elevate the bar a little bit more. The team has done some real nice things up to this point, and we've won a lot of hockey games, but now you got to keep watering it and put a little fertilizer on it and grow with it.

We played short tonight and got a good effort, but we need to win those hockey games.

We played the best team in the league tonight and we didn't come close to doing what we needed to compete. No disrespect to them, but we're a good hockey team, too. We just weren't tonight.

We played a solid hockey game for 60 minutes. When we are rolling we are hard to stop.

We wanted to limit his time and space. He's a great hockey player. You give him room, as we did in the first game, and you could see what happened.

We have a great student-body here, just a lot of school pride. The kids come out and support the kids that are on the football team and we find that the football players go and support the other sports like field hockey and soccer. We really try to promote school pride.

We have a group of guys who wanted to play so badly for Finland. The guys who came in the second and third waves have been the energy of our hockey club.