We played a great game but came up a little short. We battled hard and had chances but didn't prevail in the end.

Our young team has worked hard, and it showed in the opening game. This was a great conference win for us.

It?s great to see him get some scoring chances and make the most of him. He?s played hard, and you like to see guys get rewarded when they do that.

That's not going to create more scoring chances. Scoring chances are down because that's the way the game is played today. The players are bigger now, there's not as much room to move around. You watch old tapes, which I do quite a bit, it is a different game now.

We didn't hit well. We played sloppy in the first game.

It was a very important (game). They've got the eighth spot that we want. They came in here, played hard and they won the game.