Joe Battista Quotations

I know it hurts now, but you have to focus on what we've accomplished.

Ohio did us a favor by beating Illinois twice, now we have to take care of business. I could try to describe to somebody what it feels like to be in these kind of games, but until they're out there -- you just have to experience it. I don't want them too fired up, but I don't want them scared either.

It ranks in the top ten victories in my 19 years at Penn State. I couldn't be happier for the players.

Offensively, I'm very, very happy to see us continue to move the puck, and a lot of different guys scored -- but man, defensively, we've got to get better. We absolutely have to get better on defense.

It's a long time coming. You guys have a great program.

You could tell he was frustrated. It never stopped him from working hard, blocking shots, talking out on the ice, leading by example for the younger guys. He kept a positive attitude and was actually making light of it for a while, but I'm glad he loosened up, and I'm glad to see he's broken the slump.

The three of them slammed the door on a very good offensive hockey team, blocking shots and doing whatever they had to do.

We did that on purpose. We wanted to give them baptism by fire and I'd say so far we passed the test so far.

It was good to see that start clicking. It just looked a lot better.

The most impressive thing to me is how the guys have jelled in such a short period of time. There are no egos on this team.