Steve Simmons
Steve Simmons
Steve Simmons is a Canadian sports journalist with the Toronto Sun, and nationally syndicated throughout Sun Media. He previously worked as a sports columnist for the Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, London Free Press, Globe and Mail, and The Hockey News...
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To come in and play another game in less than 48 hours after playing a MAC road game while Loyola had the whole week off, you can really see the difference in energy in a game like today.
cash personnel
We've got the personnel to finish, and we've been getting chances, ... We just need to cash that 'pay check.'
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The reason we recruit and train hard is so that we can utilize our depth. We did a pretty good job coming off the Bowling Green game.
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Those refineries provide about 25 percent of U.S. needs,
found last men strong venom
Being up two men was something we were strong with last year. We haven't found the venom in that yet.
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On the heels of our win over No. 26 St. Louis, it's good to get this win. Everybody wanted to see if we were going to take a dip and we didn't.
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We're competing for the MAC title. We believe we can beat anyone in the country, but we can also lose to anyone in the country.
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We're competing for the MAC title, ... We believe we can beat anyone in the country, but we can also lose to anyone in the country.
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(Senior) Brendon Parrish had a great spring. And Paul Gabel and Steve Goletz will be leading us on defense.
building picture
We were disappointed in the ending. But this is a part of the big picture of building a program.
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Our guys are going to be exciting to watch. We want to win the regular-season MAC title so we can host the MAC Tournament.
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Our returning players are going to make the most of their experience, ... and the new guys will get time to get their feet wet and build some confidence.
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Having back-to-back shutouts is great. But the key is staying focused and sustaining a high level of play, and that's exactly what we'll need to do in order to battle Wisconsin.
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This was one of those games where you just have to roll up the sleeves and ask the legs to move. One of the toughest things to do at the Division-I level is play a fresh team.