Don Hays Great Quotations

This is the first time in months that we had great news and the bond market didn't celebrate. This time it took fantastic news and had a very lukewarm reception.

It's always great when Pat comes out and is around us. He's a real good resource guy to have watching your hockey club. Any time he can give us a little bit of advice, we're sure prepared to listen.

A lot of it was Portland working very hard. They won the races, they won battles. We were just kind of standing around watching them. Our goalie (Dustin Slade), great performance by him.

We did what we had to do here. But Everett is very good at home, and they feed off their fans. We've been in some tough buildings before, but it will be a great challenge for us. You always have to wait until four games to see how you sit.