We've won (18) games and the fans are there every night pounding on the glass and cheering for us.

He always brings his 'A' game against us. He plays well every night, but he has had some spectacular games against the Wizards.

Aaron Brooks had a bad game. He's had three fabulous games and he picked a tough night for us to have a bad game. We put Brandon in and he settled us. And he did a good job.

It wasn't a very good night for us shooting. You have games like this. It's just too bad that it's tonight.

Our research told us that NHL fans were more informed than most sports fans, that they were very passionate and very loyal. It showed us that almost unequivocally, fans were supportive of the league in its efforts to put an economic model in place for long-term stability, and that about 95% of fans said they would come back and support the league when it returned.

Hockey's such an exciting sport. I don't want to take anything away from other sports....