Samuelsson Quotes

Wow, what a start. We sort of knew what we were getting, but we didn't know we were getting this much so soon. But every time we've played him, he has looked extremely hungry around the net, and he was very focused tonight. - Ulf Samuelsson

We're just taking it day to day. - Mikael Samuelsson

We're just going to wait and see. - Mikael Samuelsson

We were really frustrated for awhile. The PK guys were awesome. I thought I had some good chances and even hit the post on one. - Mikael Samuelsson

We looked a little rusty [after four days off], but obviously we woke up and showed much better effort. Sometimes you look for things to inspire the team, and Shooter's goal did it. ... When Dale scored and Dewey got the hat trick, you could really feel the chemistry. They're a tight-knit group right now. - Ulf Samuelsson

We had some gutsy performances from our penalty killers, and usually when you kill, the goalie is your best killer. He was certainly outstanding, first to get us a point and then to get us the extra one. - Ulf Samuelsson

We had a meeting [Friday] morning and went over some tactical things and asked them for their best effort, and they responded. It was very intense, with a lot of good battle and effort on both sides. We lost some coverage late in the third period, but Monty gave them nothing to shoot out. He has been a little up and down with some injuries, so it was good to see him do so well. - Ulf Samuelsson

We did turn it on in the third period. But he's a very good goalie. That's why it's important not to come out the way we did today, a little lax and not come out right when the puck was dropped. - Ulf Samuelsson

They had a lot of good plays, first and second efforts and puck control. They did a lot of good things you expect from a top checking line. - Ulf Samuelsson

Sometimes, you can work so hard and not get a point out of it, but things are going our way right now. We had a few games we put 50 shots up, and we didn't get one point. - Ulf Samuelsson