“It was a first-place hockey game, that's for sure.”
Corey Perry
“We have to make sure we're playing our best hockey. Every game is big now. We've just got to make sure we get better and better.”
Peter Forsberg
“In the first period if it wasn't for him, you're not in the hockey game.”
Jacques Martin
“Goaltending was solid throughout the game and after the first period we started playing hockey like we were capable.”
Mike Cowan
“Walk-up (ticket sales) for the first (Stockton Thunder) hockey game was huge. We averaged 8,300 fans for Saturday hockey games, so I suspect we'll do that for football.”
Dan Chapman
“It's like getting a goal in the hockey game in the first minute.”
Shane Pearsall
“It's his first National Hockey League playoff game and you're not playing him 12-15 minutes, you're playing him extensively. You talk with the other guys and ask them about their first playoff games and it's significant.”
Darryl Sutter