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We had to win this one. Everybody knows playoff momentum shifts real quickly. I think we'll wake up (this) morning and take the approach that we have to go in there and win a hockey game.

We had five weeks to get hockey on the air. We moved mountains to deliver hockey to the fans.

We've lost two very durable and consistent hockey players that both have a great work ethic, ... Downs was very versatile and went up against the opponent's top line every night, and Cook did a great job providing offense, but we return six guys that played last year in some way shape or form.

We've got some kids playing, some freshmen playing a lot of hockey for us right now. Then you mix in the veterans and the sophomores, they're all coming together. They're seeing what high school hockey is all about, it's a long season.

We had a lot of good scoring chances in the first half. Then they went up 5-2 and it's pretty hard to come back against that team. I was looking for a great finish to the hockey game, but we got into trouble and they capitalized.

We had lots of shots on the net. Anytime we had a chance we put the puck to the net. The hockey gods were on our side tonight.

We had more structure, but our penalty parade took us out of the hockey game. You can't continually give teams the quality of Dallas power plays. They made us pay.

We don't get pushed around by anybody. (The one-dimensional fighter) is a player who's losing his niche in hockey because of the evolution of the game.

We finally feel like we have a pretty good hockey club here and I wanted to be a part of that, simple as that,

We really played 60 minutes, and we played hard for 60. They played a great game. They had some great chances, great opportunities. It was a good hockey game for both sides. Both teams were working really hard.

He knows all the golf lingo. You know? You hit your ball, he's like "there's a golf shot. That's a golf shot." Well of course it's a golf shot; I just hit a golf ball. You don't see Gretzky skating around going "there's a hockey shot, that's a hockey shot."

That's the way we're supposed to play. And (the Game 5 loss) wasn't the way we were supposed to play. If we work for 60 minutes, we've got a good hockey team. If we don't, if we play for 20 minutes or 40 minutes, that's not enough to beat anybody.

That's three shutouts against quality teams that are in the playoffs. It proves to ourselves that we are a good hockey team. I think we started forgetting that a little bit.

That's the kind of hockey we're used to seeing from the Devils. They played a really good game.

That's the time of the year Maine hockey really steps up. This is when good teams step up. We thrive off that.

That was a nice win. They're undefeated, so there's always some doubt against a team like that. They have already beaten us once, so this is a big one for us. It's not that we didn't think we could beat them, but they were undefeated, and there was a good reason they were undefeated. They are a very good hockey team.

That was not a good call. . . . That's what (expletive) you off. You've got a great hockey game going and you get put down on a questionable call.

That was a critical one when it was 3-2. We kind of fell asleep a little bit ... that was the game. They played very well. I have to tip my hat to their hockey team.

That was a different life for me, ... Golf and hockey are different games with a different set of skills. But maybe some of the competitiveness from hockey rubs off on golf.

That was a good hockey game tonight. And I think going into the third you almost had to play flawless hockey. It was almost like one of those games where it might just take one shot and that's what it took.

That was a good, old-fashioned butt-kicking by a good hockey team.

That was a great, great college hockey game. I've only been in this rivalry for three years, but that's by far the best game of the six that we've played with this team.

That would be the junior B London Nationals. We're planning a reunion and alumni game for Hockey Day in London in March.

That was a two-hour, 45-minute hockey game. There is always the assumption these rules were put in to make the game more entertaining, but that is not entertaining hockey. It's not something you want to see in the game. We can't let it dictate how we need to play, but it makes it difficult to coach.

We're just trying our best and trying to stay in hockey games with teams that are either in the playoffs or trying to get in there. We're definitely not going to sit it out and just wait until next year, that's for sure.

We're just trying to play the best hockey we can and go out there and get the job done. We played well as a team and we want to keep improving as the tournament goes on. I know it's tough for the other teams, but we've got a strong team and we've played well.

There are a lot of Division I hockey teams that were done a couple of weeks ago.

We decided there was merit to the thing, and that your average Canadian doesn't want to see the thing put away and hidden just because of a commercial dispute in a professional hockey league.

There are former college and pro players on some of the teams. Even the first-time fan will enjoy some of the hockey this weekend.

The only way you can build hockey and grow hockey is to produce opportunity, and the way to do that is to provide a second sheet of ice in Appleton.

We're playing a pretty good hockey team and Ottawa deserves credit. I've never seen a team that is so opportunistic. You make a mistake and they make it end up in the net. They make you pay. If we're going to win this game, we have to be at our best.

We're playing our best hockey right now. The team has matured in the last part of the season. It's a pleasure to see how they've improved.

There are no favorites in baseball. You can do it in basketball or hockey or any other sport, but in baseball there are no favorites. Our country expects a winning team and we are OK with that. We are going to go round-by-round, but we don't want to let our country down.

There are no glowing pucks or glowing helmets or glowing goalposts, but what there is going to be is passionate hockey conversation. We're not reinventing the wheel. We're showing a great game in a new light.

We're a pretty good hockey team. In our locker room, we expect to win. Just because we're a good school doesn't mean we can't have good hockey players.

I tried hockey, but it never stuck.

Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something you stick with.

We're a pretty resilient group and everybody has chipped in. I think a lot of guys have had career years. Right from training camp I thought we had four lines that could score. We've kind of continued that theme all season. We had a little rough patch in December, but over the last three months we're never out of a hockey game.

We didn't win the little battles on the ice. That's going to cost you a hockey game. There wasn't one blatant thing we were doing wrong other than the fact we have to win those one-on-one battles.

This was as dead as we've been in a month. I don't remember us playing this poorly. We had no work ethic. Their workers controlled the hockey game. Our goaltender was outstanding, but when you go on the road and allow almost 50 shots on goal, it's not good.

We're going to be the best in the league at something. We're deep in anthem singers.

Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.

We're happy with winning the hockey game, obviously, but we know we got to play better. I thought we played just well enough to win. We certainly can't play Wednesday the way we have the last couple nights.

I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie.

He's the kind of guy who will stab you in the back right to your face.

Losing is essential to anyone's success. The more you lose, the more you want to win.

I am 10 times smarter than everyone else in this game. Beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Bob Goodenow will kill me, but if we're going to be realistic about things, probably 75 per cent of the league is overpaid. But we're not paying ourselves. There are people giving it to us and no one is putting a gun to their heads. Something has to be done if we're going to fix this.

Hockey is its own game. It's completely different than all the other games, although it's getting way too close to soccer.

It's like the animal kingdom. Adapt or go extinct.

How's the game changed in my 15 years in the league? Well, we used to be called hard-working players. Now we're overpaid crybabies.

You know what? I did! I impressed myself just making it.

I don't like hockey. I'm just good at it.

We have to get families back in the game, get back where Saturday night, everything stops. A case of beer comes out and a bottle of rye and anyone who comes to the house, they better want to watch hockey.

My former wife made me a millionaire. I used to have three million dollars.

Orr is the greatest young hockey player that's come along since I've been here.

I wouldn't urinate in his ear if his brain was on fire!

I was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorced, and now I'm a millionaire.

There's no reason why a player is done at 33, 34. They train better, they eat better, they drink better. This isn't the old days when everybody sat around and drank beer.

They always try to play with our minds. But that won't work with our club. We've got 20 guys without brains.

Bert's wallet is like an onion. Any time he opens it, he starts crying.

Wrapping Christmas presents is tough. Even peeling a Mandarin orange is tough. I have to get my kids to help me.

Is hockey hard? I don't know, you tell me. We need to have the strength and power of a football player, the stamina of a marathon runner, and the concentration of a brain surgeon. But we need to put all this together while moving at high speeds on a cold and slippery surface while 5 other guys use clubs to try and kill us. Oh yeah, did I mention that this whole time we're standing on blades 1/8 of an inch thick? Is ice hockey hard? I don't know, you tell me. Next question.

Over the years, Steve has come to understand I need the clicker. He says it's my security blanket.

I think he knows all my tricks. Or the fact I don't have any tricks

About 4000 men, women and teenagers regularly venture out to play a game in -20 weather and stinging prairie winds. Bundled in sweaters and snow suits, balaclavas on their heads and suction cupped shoes on their feet. They slip and slide across the outdoor hockey rinks chasing a soft rubber puck in the Sponge Hockey Capital of the World.

We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings.

Its an honor to be chosen to represent the best hockey game in the world,... Hockey fans are looking for the most authentic experience and NHL 2K6 delivers it.

Or as hockey player Sergei Fedorov knows it, 'The day I can legally start telling everyone I am sleeping with Anna Kournikova.'

The goalie is like the guy on the minefield. He discovers the mines and destroys them. If you make a mistake, somebody gets blown up.

Hockey is a tough game. With all the talk and everything that's going on right now, it frightens me a little bit that we are giving our players an excuse not to hit. I just hope that we don't take that out of our game at the pro level.

I always tell Bobby he was up in the air so so long that I had had time to shower and change before he hit the ice.

Forget about style; worry about results.

Hockey is a tough game.

Hockey's my favorite sport.

We've talked about playoff hockey and that's what it is. You limit teams, don't give up odd-man rushes and you play disciplined. I've said all along that if we score four goals a game, we like our chances.

To beat a very good hockey team, the Stanley Cup champions, was important. And we did it because we hung in there and we stuck to our plan and, in the end, we found a way to win.

Today was one of those games that lives up to the billing that these are the two best women's hockey teams in the world. I think the people who came here today certainly got their money's worth.

This would give us an opportunity to showcase our program and showcase college hockey and Boston, and to provide a venue where we could have a very large audience see a very competitive game.

We played well tonight against a very good hockey team. We didn't give up a heck of a lot.

You look at some of how young our forwards are, but they've really stepped to the forefront and made the difference in us winning and losing hockey games. And our goaltending has been out of this world.

To use a hockey analogy, for the first time in a long while, the NHL has momentum. I'm determined to see us build upon it and grow this great game,

Timmy and I are trying to get it back to Hockey East.

The one thing what makes St. Louis what it is are the fans and the people. Not only do you hear it from hockey players, but you hear it from baseball players - it's a great place to play sports. With very sincere fans ... all they ask for is an honest effort. To give them what you've got. And you can be visible in St. Louis and people are very appreciative. All they do is wish you the best.

We didn't play our best hockey at the end of the season. We lost some of the intensity we needed.

We didn't play well enough defensively. We're a pretty good defensive hockey club, and when you give up five goals it's tough to win games.

Tom is a great guy. He's not only a good coach but I think he understands the life of the hockey player and how important it is off the ice to treat the players. The chemistry on the team is great and, so far, it's been fun for everybody here.

We added two or three kids who played ice hockey before. And the core group has come back from last year when they had no ice hockey experience. It is kind of a combination.

Wasilla has a good hockey team. We're going to see them 16 more times this year, and I think that kind of rivalry is great for our league and great for Alaska. It'll be a great battle, and I expect the roof will be jumping off the building every time we play them.

(We're) doing the little things to win hockey games. Tonight was a great job by all the guys. We need to do that whether we're scoring goals or not.

We're done. We've got our hockey team now.

We're down to a bare-bone operation in terms of players. After this weekend, we'll be down to 12 forwards, six defensemen and two goalies, and any time you get in that situation and have an injury, you can bring people up (from the American Hockey League) on emergency, and it doesn't affect what's going on down there in terms of being able to go back and play in the playoffs. That's important for us because we want to see these guys as much as we can this spring and make some decisions on them for the future and for our lineup in the future.

We're ecstatic that we got there, but we're not satisfied with just getting there. We want to win. ... We want to represent Columbus well and bring Columbus hockey into the limelight.

We're not feeling the best right now. The highs and lows in playoff hockey are unbelievable.

We still believe that the framework we have had in place for the last 10 years now has served the sport of hockey well.

We still have a chance. We're playing two teams we're going to battle with. Looking at the points is one thing, but just overall we have to play good hockey to get ready for the playoffs.

We're coming out of a lockout year, attendance is up and you're looking at a lot of hockey coverage in the Olympics, so it couldn't have come at a worse time. Hopefully a lot of great hockey will help people forget about it.

We practically have enough for our own roller hockey team.

We had an opportunity to win the hockey game in the third period and allowed two goals right in the slot. Good road teams don't let that happen. We have to get better at a lot of things right now and we will, but that's one thing we have to get stronger at.