Lindy Ruff Great Quotations

I thought it was great idea, just to give the fans a wave and just a sign that it's been the team all year, and it really was the team as the first star tonight.

The great thing about our team, and has been all year, is that when one line is getting frustrated there's two or three other lines there to pick us up.

The more they acted like idiots, the more we wanted to play. But we took advantage of some early plays, and they were great plays, but nothing to go down that road.

Every night it's highlight-reel goal after highlight-reel goal. You'll get to see probably five a night in our league. And the guys that can skate are the guys who stand out. I think the game has greatly improved.

He scored a great goal at a key time for us.

That's a great goal. If you want to point at any short-term goal, that's what we want to get to. A 100-point season says a lot. It's something we're going to take a lot of pride in.

The way we played in the second was the way they played in the third. They totally dominated and got us on our heels. It was great to see Marty shut the door.

We played a good third period. We probably had five or six real good chances when we had them on their heels, we had some great opportunities.

It's a great way to win a game and a real bad way to lose one.

It was a great team effort. Marty made the big saves when we needed them, and I thought we had some great support around him. Overall, that was as good a game as we've played all year long.

It was awesome. He talked about how he loves sports and going to hockey games. He thinks it's a great game in person.

I was trying to get him the last one, and why not? He's a rookie who's played very well for us. He'd only played about four minutes going into the third period, so it was great to see him get it.

We've got a great group of guys here that have worked extremely hard in the first 43 games. We just want to build on it.

Both goaltenders made great saves in the game, Dom just made more. From where I was standing, he was the difference. I thought he played great. He made great saves.

From a work ethic standpoint and skating, we did a lot of great things in the game. To bounce back after the dismal 30 minutes we played against Montreal, we did a lot of good things.

We've had a great case of ham and egg this year. When the goaltending has given up three or four we've scored the right number to win a game, and when we haven't been able to score too much our goaltenders have kept them down to one or two.

It puts a target on you, but I think I have a great rapport with the players we have here now, ... We as a staff, myself included, we have to silence the critics. That's the way I look at it. If we don't, whatever happens, happens. We have something to prove. If we don't, we should take the blame.

They've done a tremendous job. It's a lot like here. Some of it is proximity. Rochester is right next door to us, and it really makes for a great working relationship.