The way I look at it, this is the exciting part of our schedule. We play good teams, in our own building at the end of the season.

It’s a sickening feeling at the other end of you don’t get the differential.

It was an important series for us and we put ourselves in a big hole. We’re fighting now to stay on home ice in the first round.

We’re playing to get our quality of play where we think it needs to be and get some momentum going into the playoffs. We’d obviously also like to gain home ice and if we can...

We haven’t played well and been able to get a positive result lately. That was a big time play for Darin. He made a bad pass earlier on their shorthanded goal, and I guarantee he...

We talked about the importance of collecting wins at home. We need to get wins right now. If you have an opportunity to sweep an opponent at home you need to do it.

I thought he was one of the players that really gave everything he had and did everything that was asked. He is my kind of player.

He can provide offense, and yet he knows when he has to be relied on to play solid, physical defense.

I thought this was the way the game should be played. I don’t know if we’ve got too many mothers running hockey or what.

I would rather tame a tiger than try to paint stripes on one. I would rather have (that ability to play on the edge) in a player. It’s not a negative. It’s a gift he...

There have been four other (American) teams in 30 years that have won medals at the world junior championship. If we’re fortunate enough to be able to do that, in my opinion, that’s a solid...

The game was everything we thought it would be.

We have a whole group of defensemen who have an excellent chance to go and play professionally. But being a prospect and being a player are two different things. You don’t win a tournament with...

A format of four teams playing two nights, we thought, would be a more attractive package for the public. Plus, a six-team format put a team in the position of having to win three games...

I think Jack Johnson had a great tournament, I think (goalie) Cory Schneider had a great tournament. A lot of the guys at the bottom of our lineup played really well. One of the untold...

I’m a little neater now.

In my opinion I think Jim Roque is the coach of the year in this league. He and his staff have done a phenomenal job. They are so tough to play against. It was a...

We got a lot of opportunities. I can sit here not happy we lost, but I’m fine with the way we played. If we have the same effort (tonight), we’ll be in good shape.

I was real disappointed with the play in the third period. I was certainly unhappy that we didn’t generate more offense and put some pressure on their net. That’s not the way to [win] against...

We have a chance to compete for a medal and only four other (American) teams have won one of those. In my opinion, that would be a solid accomplishment. But am I disappointed that we...

This kid is the real deal. He’s 6-4, 220, and some team is going to put him on the ice every other shift for the next 10 or 15 years.

We’ve told our guys all along to live in the moment. Worry about the things they can control. It’s not even a thought.

When you have eight seniors and however many juniors we have (eight) you shouldn’t lose composure. That’s an issue.

They’re the heart and soul of our team. Tonight, they got victimized.

Every time we play them, it’s a tough series. They may have the best goalie in the league and they don’t beat themselves.

He is a real gritty competitor, and he’s going to be a guy who is involved physically because that gets him in the game. The only weakness I’ve seen in him is that he over-competes....

They are one of the top teams in college hockey. We’re going to have to be very careful of the puck in our defensive zone.

It was a good start. I thought we got better as the game progressed … .

To me, the focus (this weekend) should be the players understanding mentally that we’re very capable of being a quality team. But we have to find a way to get back to the top of...

He’s just a dynamic, dynamic guy … a real special player. Future NHL star, absolutely.