It was our feeling that when the opportunity to acquire Eddie Neville was presented to us, it was a trade that we had to make.

We had balanced scoring. All four lines were very effective. It was a great team win for us.

They're all players who can take us to that next level.

The last two games we played them, they are 1-for-11 (on the power play) on us.

I like our chances against Des Moines, I really do. I think we match up well. We're not playing an opponent that had their way with us. We were pretty darn even with them.

We played even with a great team in the second and third periods. But Omaha is a team that plays with a great desire to win for a full 60 minutes. We didn't do that.