Joe Papin Quotes

When you only get 11 shots, those are tough games, we say that every single time. He had to make a couple of good saves. - Joe Papin

When we skate like that for three periods, we're extremely happy. We had tendencies earlier in the year to slow down or take a period off. (Tuesday) we skated hard all three periods and got all four lines involved. When we're skating (like that) teams don't know our first line from our fourth. - Joe Papin

We started out really quick, using our speed. As soon as they scored the first goal, we went a little flat. - Joe Papin

We need to do a better job of getting the puck to the slot. There weren't many opportunities for us. They did a great job defensively. - Joe Papin

We always have to respect our opponent. Our guys found out early in the game that they can't take anyone lightly. - Joe Papin

Tomorrow we have even a tougher task. We are probably going to be facing a stronger team. We have to play for three periods no matter what the score is. You would think being 14-0 I would be happy, but right now I'm not. - Joe Papin

There are still things we obviously need to work on, like not playing one bad period and being ready when the first puck is dropped. But tonight we closed out the way we are supposed to. - Joe Papin

The key was we finally won the battles in the corners. We were patient, used our depth and speed and finally wore them down. - Joe Papin

The guys knew we didn't play well (against Houghton). We definitely had more effort tonight. That's all we ever talk about. - Joe Papin

The first period was pretty ugly, we'd been off for almost three weeks - I'm not using that as an excuse, but we were flat-footed. But as the game went on we got stronger and stronger ... I think rolling four lines helps wear down other teams and our guys had the jump to finally get going in the third period. - Joe Papin

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