Joe Papin Quotations

We started out really quick, using our speed. As soon as they scored the first goal, we went a little flat.

Tomorrow we have even a tougher task. We are probably going to be facing a stronger team. We have to play for three periods no matter what the score is. You would think being 14-0 I would be happy, but right now I'm not.

We always have to respect our opponent. Our guys found out early in the game that they can't take anyone lightly.

When we skate like that for three periods, we're extremely happy. We had tendencies earlier in the year to slow down or take a period off. (Tuesday) we skated hard all three periods and got all four lines involved. When we're skating (like that) teams don't know our first line from our fourth.

For me personally, maintain the weight I lost over the summer.

There are still things we obviously need to work on, like not playing one bad period and being ready when the first puck is dropped. But tonight we closed out the way we are supposed to.

Kingsford was really ready to play. It took us awhile to get going and they surprised us.

I think we skated better shorthanded than we did five-on-five. (We) took advantage of (our) opportunities.

It gave our team some great competition. And our players who are thinking about playing juniors, it gave them great exposure. There are a lot of very solid teams. I can see the improvement in the five years I've been involved here.

Our guys didn't come out with a lot of jump and we want to have jump no matter who we're playing.

I think our prospects are great heading in, but anybody can beat anybody. (Against) Cranbrook we played extremely well, but lost. You need a little puck luck.

That's the way, as a coach, you always wanted your team to start out like. We just didn't finish the game. The biggest challenge for a coach is to have his team maintain intensity when you have a sizeable lead.

We need to do a better job of getting the puck to the slot. There weren't many opportunities for us. They did a great job defensively.

When you only get 11 shots, those are tough games, we say that every single time. He had to make a couple of good saves.

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.

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.

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.

The key was we finally won the battles in the corners. We were patient, used our depth and speed and finally wore them down.

The guys knew we didn't play well (against Houghton). We definitely had more effort tonight. That's all we ever talk about.

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.