Joe Papin
Joe Papin
against good quality ranked series stage state wins
A very good series for us against a quality team. They're ranked 10th in the state and to get two wins is very important for us at this stage in the season.
goal undefeated work
That's a big goal for us, going undefeated in the conference. We need to come out and work our butts off every shift. That's Marquette hockey.
bad gotta guys lead learn thinking
A lot of ... bad penalties. Our guys got the lead and then started thinking about getting payback. We gotta learn to play better disciplined hockey.
almost finally four game guys helps jump lines period rolling stronger teams third three using wear weeks
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.
definitely effort guys knew talk
The guys knew we didn't play well (against Houghton). We definitely had more effort tonight. That's all we ever talk about.
battles depth finally key speed won wore
The key was we finally won the battles in the corners. We were patient, used our depth and speed and finally wore them down.