You promise them a hard practice the next day if they let up. I want them to play hard regardless of the score.

Jeff didn't let that bother him, ... He just went back and made the next one.

We worked so hard and so long for this. We couldn't let this one slip away.

Alex is a great leader on this team — practicing very hard every day without the promise of playing time. He's a very good shooter and everybody on our team respects his work ethic and I'm delighted he took advantage of the opportunity he was given tonight.

I had to let the game play itself. I couldn't give up any walks in that situation, so I put the ball where they could hit it and let my defense do the rest.

We had just worked on that play the other day in practice. I?m supposed to stay in the rundown as long as possible. Luckily, Jeff scored and made me look good.