Zenon Konopka Quotations

We thought if we played our game, we kept on working we'd wear them down. It seemed like (Providence) kept on playing harder, but as the series went on they started getting worn down.

It's team toughness now, and we just don't have our heavyweight. We went from being the toughest team in the league to having to battle through it, I guess.

It's always bad to lose. Sometimes it takes you down a notch. We have to realize whatever team we play in the playoffs, if we don't show to play we will lose.

Not that there's anything wrong with that kind of work. We all do it. But we're hockey players. This is what we love to do, and we were in danger of not doing it anymore.

Without (Gillis') presence in the lineup, (opponents) might try to take liberties. But it is a team game, and we all want to contribute.

We had a meeting before the game. We talked about what we would be doing if we weren't here.

We didn't play well enough defensively. We're a pretty good defensive hockey club, and when you give up five goals it's tough to win games.

Every year in every sport a No. 1 team gets knocked off and gets upset. We got to realize if we don't show up to play we will lose, so we've got to be ready to roll.

We had our chances, we just couldn't put the puck in the net tonight. No excuses. We (have) to play better to win.

Smoking rooms. They smelled like smoke. But we don't let the little things like that affect us.