Paul Gillis
Paul Gillis
Paul Christopher Gillisis a retired Canadian ice hockey forward. Gillis started his National Hockey League career with the Quebec Nordiques in 1983. He also played for the Chicago Blackhawks and Hartford Whalers. He left the NHL after the 1993 season...
biggest composure cost discipline hockey issue lost minutes seven six stay stronger surprise time year
We lost our composure for six or seven minutes and that cost us. It doesn't surprise me (because) that's been our biggest issue all year is having discipline and having composure. This time of year, it's magnified and you have to be even stronger and you've got to have a stronger will and stay in the hockey game.
beat game good hockey minutes supposed work
That's the way we're supposed to play. And (the Game 5 loss) wasn't the way we were supposed to play. If we work for 60 minutes, we've got a good hockey team. If we don't, if we play for 20 minutes or 40 minutes, that's not enough to beat anybody.
good points time
At this time of year, every two points is a good win. We'll take it, and we have to try and get two more tomorrow.
beginning certainly half needed played urgency
Their goalie certainly played well, but we did not have the urgency we needed at the beginning of the game. For the first half of that game, we did not have the urgency that we needed. You've got to play like that for 60 minutes.
extremely played worked
We just played smart, worked extremely hard. We did the little things we were working on, we did them well and we had success.
battle game
The big thing is that we have to get our two points. We're in a battle here and every game is important.
anybody expect fight
Anybody you play is going to be a battle. We expect (Quad City) to give us a fight for our lives.
happened last win
Obviously, we didn't (envision a 0-2 deficit). We thought we were going to come out and play like we should play the first two games, and we have not. If you don't, you're not going to win and that's what has really happened over the last two games.
amount bit character fighting hung kept second solid sports stayed tough tremendous
It showed a tremendous amount of character. We hung in there. We had a little bit of a tough second period, but not horrible, and then we were able to come back in the third. We kept fighting back and we stayed in the game. We had a pretty solid effort.
city finally game good odd period played series urgency
It's been an odd series for us. We played a good first period and then we let Quad City take the game to us in the second. We finally showed that urgency in the third.
continue expect far happy learn obviously win
It was far more interesting than we wanted, but we're happy we got two points. We obviously can't continue to play like that and expect to win our games, so we're going to have to learn our lesson.
anywhere confident ourselves road
We feel confident going on the road as we do anywhere else. We've got to get something done. We haven't done it yet. We're disappointed in ourselves and we've got to get back on it.
division fighting fights-and-fighting good left step title toward work
We're fighting for the division title and this is a good step toward that, but we still have a little work left to do.
although competition decisions defense gives guys starting
We're starting to get our guys back who were hurt, which is great, although it gives us a lot of decisions to make. There's competition on defense for who's going to be in the lineup each and every night, which is good.