Chris Masoner Quotations

When it was all over, it was a pretty big relief.

Since then, we just picked it up, and hopefully, we just don't look back.

I felt all right until that third goal went through two guys and hit my stick and went in. That was the only bad goal. I've got to get those.

We've got to play tough hockey. We've got to get in the corners and battle and we've got to get in front of their net.

I thought that we played regular season hockey to that point. They've been playing playoff hockey, and we said, 'You know what? We've got nothing to lose.

I think that's the first time in about four or five years I've let in five goals. I've got to do a better job to give the team a chance to win. Even though there were some good shots, those can be the kind of saves that help your team turn things around.

Our backs are against the wall. We can't afford to (mess) up anymore. This is it for us.

Some people are happy at these schools and some aren't. We think these things are about general feel, and as much as you try to wrap it up in a statistical guide, you can't.

That was really important for us. We really wanted it ... It's so important for us to go into the playoffs playing like this.

I was basically in the room, and they told me to get out there. It's tough, but I have to be ready.

You just kind of have to be patient and hopefully kind of outwait the shooter, ... You try to match their speed. If you give them extra net to shoot at, they're going to score.

We had hardly any shots in the big box area. Almost all our shots were from the perimeter, and we didn't work hard enough to get in there closer to the net.

You'd like to stop them all, but sometimes there's not much you can do. You just have to get ready for the next opportunity.

We wanted this one going home. We played them well.

We want to get the next one. We can't let these guys get two games up on us.

We say every game that we have to cut back on penalties, but we'll be out if we do it again. Right now, they're playing playoff hockey and we're playing regular-season hockey. It's not enough.

Down one goal, we felt like we had a chance. We kept the pressure on. That's a little something to build on.

I've looked forward to this my whole life. This is what it's all about.

That was a bad goal in the third and I can't do that. I went down and it just got right through me. I don't know how it got through.

That's kind of cool, but the other guys had a lot to do with it, too. I feel good, and when you're winning and securing a playoff spot and home ice, that gives the whole team confidence.

There were times when he just carried us.

The more pieces you have to a process, the more expensive.

That made me feel awesome. I really appreciated that.

It was a cheesy goal. Someone else should have received it. I don't even like counting one like that as a goal. I'd much rather shoot one and saucer it down and in. Maybe when I retire I can tell people that's how it happened.

I want to play well in front of the fans. They've just seen this guy with the bald head on the end of the bench. They probably don't know if I can play or not.

It was huge ? we really needed that win. We know they're extremely tough in their own building, just like we are. So every chance we get for an early win, we've got to take it.

They've probably got some of the top forwards in the game. We've just got to contain them. We have to play a grinding, hard, tight style and show that we can win the one-goal games.

Not physically, just mentally and all the pressure and all the questions coming in and the thoughts, trying to get all the stuff out of my head. It was tough. The first game's out of the way.

I'm pretty confident in myself, especially with the guys here. It's just a matter of ... getting on a roll and just keep going.

A lot of times it seems like for some reason if we're not scoring on the power play we don't seem to have a lot of jump or things like that. If you want to be an elite team, you've got to beat the good teams and right now we're not doing that.