I've always said that Jake is one of the best goalies in this league, and I think deserves this. We don't have a winning record, but Jake is respected in this league, and everyone knows how good he is.
The players are going to play hard to win these two games for the fans and for the team and themselves.
In the next five weeks, we have a lot of games at home and many of them are against teams in our division. If we want to jump into this race and get that last spot, we have to cash in at home and win hockey games.
Any coach will tell you that, typically, it's tough to come off a long trip and win that first game. It was really important to score at the end of the first period.
That's tough to take, because as a coach I know that we had a great chance to win three games this weekend but couldn't do it. Obviously, we're playing better than we were a few weeks ago, and that's good to see. Now we have to find a way to turn some of these close games into wins.
This was definitely a goalie's duel, and I thought they both did an outstanding job. That was definitely what I call a goalie win for San Diego. Lawson played as well as I've seen him play.
This was a pretty rough game. We certainly had our opportunities to win it, and once again a couple of mistakes, especially on defense, cost us. And we hope Jake is OK.
Mike's a good skater with quick hands, and he's one of those guys who has the natural ability to be in position to score. One of his main strengths is following his own shot. He's great at being in position to get the rebound and put it in the net.