Certainly all the penalties were big. It seemed like every time we had a decent play, it was wiped out by a penalty and every time we stopped them we were penalized and it kept their drive alive.

If you read the pioneer correspondence of the time, they didn't like the Army officers, because they didn't play into this, 'Let's go kill the Indians' game.

We have some good players, and they're really working hard, ... If we stay healthy, we can play with anyone.

At this time of the year, any time you can play at home, whether it's your playoff games or an NCAA game, I think it's a benefit to your hockey club. If you get that home game, whether it's some years maybe at the Kohl Center or maybe at the Cap Ice Center or at the Eagle's Nest (in Verona), it's a good thing.

I sure hope we're peaking at the right time. We've got to come out Friday and play as well as we did tonight. We can't step back. We've got to play hard the whole time.

That's going to be a very interesting dynamic that's going to play out there. There will be some serious strategizing in the corporate suites of the best investment banks in how to deal with this venture.