You can take good, aggressive penalties, but we're not doing that. We're either overzealous, or we're carrying our sticks carelessly and not playing with smarts. We just have to have better energy combined with brains, and we're not getting that right now.

We're getting a little better as far as not coughing the puck up as much. When we do, that's when we tend to give up more shots. That's something that has gotten better generally as the season has gone on.

I'm not a big worrier simply due to the fact that it doesn't do anything for you. It's a matter of getting our hockey club to play consistent hockey, and that's what we have to do in Game 3.

Sticks poked holes in the siding. It's not much damage, not like the barn and shed.

For his first time skating in eight or nine days, and I gave him a lot of information late (Monday) afternoon, he did a good job and competed well for us. He brings some veteran presence and calmness and positioning.

He did a good job of controlling his rebounds. That was good for him and good for the team. I think that last 10 or 12 minutes, Rockford really threw everything they had at us. It was a role-reversal from earlier in the game. … We've got to learn from that.