I feel much fresher than I did when I left the game a year and a half ago, ... I've probably shot myself in the foot in the past being over-zealous with my physical play. This year I want to try to find areas on the ice where I don't get bounced around as much.

I feel terrible for him. It's not an impressive way to play the game when we give up all those scoring chances in the first 10 minutes.

We have to have some conviction in our game. They're going to come in waves and we have to match that intensity, match their passion for scoring goals.

It's probably the best second half of the year that we have played. Since it is only the third game with the lineup as we have it, that was a big step forward. We basically started over at Christmas. I think as soon as we get over that hump and get a little experience playing together and a rotation pattern set, the wins will come a lot easier for us and we will have a really strong finish to the season.

That was probably our best game of the year.

That was probably the closest thing to a playoff game all year.