He won't be on the ice, but he'll make a lot of contributions.

We saw some good chemistry with our forward unit. All the goals we scored came after two or three passes.

I chalk that up to nothing more than coincidence. Tonight we were just sharper offensively than we were on Friday. We didn't get a lot of chances, but the ones we had, we made count. We wanted to take one step this weekend and we took one positive step.

He had enough trouble taking his T-shirt on and off, let alone playing. But he played.

I don't think anybody was too happy with our performance and effort (Thursday) night. I thought as a team, we responded well to the challenge. I really liked the second efforts we saw in all different areas - not just the goals.

We open up with Manitoba and then do not ease into our schedule.