Right now I'm a little bit shocked because he announced something, but at the same time he didn't play the second half of the year.

It was one of those crazy games where sometimes it happens. We hope the power play goes that way the whole playoffs but that's impossible.

It's about time. When you get a little older you realize the playoffs are the real season. This is the fun part. It's always fun, but, growing up as a kid, this was the best part.

We're very happy right now. You want to play four games and we put ourselves in that position. We're playing for fifth place.

I would never commit ahead of time that he wasn't going to play. I would hate to tell somebody they're not going to play or their minutes would be limited, then all of a sudden 6 minutes into the game put him out there. That wouldn't be fair. I think it's better that he stayed ready, but unfortunately he didn't get in.

It's like this every year. We told our kids before the game that every time we play Hershey, you throw the records out. ... We had a lot of kids do some good things out there.