Craig Rivet Quotations

Give Calgary credit, they worked extremely hard tonight and we just came up a little short.

I had a tear in my eye. You really feel for the family. You could see the emotion in their faces and it really goes to show that it means a lot to play for this team. I don't think people really realize that to put on the red, white and blue sweater and the great players that have played ahead of myself, it's truly an honor to be playing for this team.

Huey has just been outstanding and the confidence he's playing with is oozing into the rest of the team. We go into every game knowing that he'll come up with the big saves.

He was in good spirits when I spoke to him this morning. You could see that there was a little bit of panic when he was coming off the ice. He knew that it was a serious injury and hopefully things will work out.

He was in good spirits when I spoke to him (Thursday) morning.

He's done an unbelievable job negotiating this deal for us,

He looked real calm and cool after that tough start. It didn't bother him.

I think it was an accidental play. That happens a lot in this league. It's happened to me personally this year where I got clipped pretty much in the same spot, and if it would have been an inch closer, I would have had the same injury. It makes you think, but unfortunately that is part of the game. You just don't want to see that stuff happen.

Those aren't excuses. I think that, for the most part, we played a solid game.

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're a solid team when we play together as a team. These were probably two of the best games we've played as a team this year.

We can't make the mistake of being passive. On the contrary, we have to be in attack mode. They are very talented, and very fast.

And when it comes down to it, especially with a team like the New York Rangers and our team Montreal, two points at the end of the season could determine whether you're in the payoffs or not. I think you need to focus obviously more on winning hockey games than maybe redemption. I think redemption will come with beating the other team.

Actually I felt like I was back in Montreal because I hear that quite a bit there, too.

Once we can put this thing behind us it will be a great thing.

Against a great team like Carolina you have to make the most of your chances and we certainly did that tonight.

I'm calling him to ask about what's happening with his eye and has he had the tests and he's asking me about the game. That's just the type of guy he is. We're concerned about his health and he's concerned about what happened in our game.

Instead of going that (free agent) way, we're bringing in younger guys who are capable of playing now. That's a good sign for us in the long run.

At this rate, ... I'll never get out of the penalty box.

I think obviously you care about your teammates and you want to stick up for your teammates,

I don't think I played my best game, so I was pretty happy to help out the team.

He's just been the backbone of this team. He's making real big saves at key times in the game.

It just seems like he's very calm, cool and collected. I think that kind of gives off that aura to the players to just calm down, play well and don't try to do too much.

These guys, on a good night, are tough to play against.

He's in good spirits, but there haven't been enough tests yet to speculate whether he's happy or not. It doesn't mean anything good or bad - he was just happy to talk to a friend. He's not a doctor, so we have to wait for the doctors to do more tests, and that's going to take time.