Jackie Barto Quotations

We're going to have to play solid in both games. We're going to have to really be skating a strong game we need solid efforts from everybody. We need everybody to play their role and play within their ability as a team.

No one that's associated with this program right now is content with the weekend. Yes, you're going to find the positives. And you're going to give Rutledge credit, but we want to win games - and ties are not wins.

I feel like the message we want to send is that we're going to be moving up the standings board. Going into Wisconsin and playing 120 minutes of solid hockey is our goal. We want to go out and get some league points this weekend.

I always feel like we work hard out there. I felt like this was a win that we really needed as a team today. We kind of had our backs up against the wall. We had to go out and get it done today. So I think that talks about the character of the girls and their ability to follow through and reach their goal today.

I thought we played hard. I thought that maybe we had a few mistakes in the first period. I thought the second period was outstanding. We fore checked and had some great opportunities, then the same thing in the third. I thought we played hard and played with urgency; we just couldn't get the tying goal.

I thought our team played hard. I thought over the weekend we played 125 minutes of pretty solid hockey, so I'm pleased with what we did this weekend.

I think they (the team) have confidence coming off the sweep. I think they're excited to be home. And hopefully a lot of the people in the area will come and support us and we can play the hockey we want to play here in our building.

I think going to Mankato this weekend, we have to play 120 minutes. We're going to have to play disciplined and we're going to have to do the little things well. I think if we do that, obviously as coaches and players we'll be pleased, and I think we'll end up seeing the results we want to see.

I thought it was a very physical game. I thought our girls played extremely well. They played hard. We made a couple of mistakes and (Duluth) capitalized. We had a good amount of chances - we were right there.

We've been working on our movement and we've worked on some plays on the power play. We're definitely getting opportunities, we just need the puck to go in for us. We're positive that that's going to happen this weekend.

Well the New Year was a new beginning for us and we're one point out of third place. So we just want to keep inching up the standings board and see how high we can get. And we've got the schedule in front of us right now to do a lot of damage. We need to be focused on one game at a time and not think past our next opponent and our next game.

We need to get it going. We need to score on it. That's your objective on the power play. Puck movement needs to result in a goal.

This weekend we have to compete hard in our games with Minnesota, and go for it. We're on home ice for the next six games and we want to take advantage of that.

We changed our power play today. We went with something totally new and they executed it well - we didn't even have a chance to practice it.

Breaking the record over the weekend -- that's just an incredible feat. (Harrigan) has a strong passion and desire for the game and she has brought so much to the program. She's a dynamic offensive player and she deserves every accolade and record she's obtained.

Erika had an outstanding weekend. She was solid. She made some big saves when she needed to, and she was just very steady back there.

The split was important for momentum, for confidence and for place in the standings. So that was a huge win for us on Saturday night.

Right now we're tied for fourth, so we know that every league point is imperative.

It's the start of the new year. We're coming off of a break - we haven't played since Dec. 10. So you want to start the new year off on a positive note, and I think a big goal for our team in the second half is to play better defensive hockey.

I'm very happy with the team getting the four points. Anytime you can get four points on the road against a quality opponent like Mankato, you're very happy and you want to build on it and keep the energy going through the week into the next weekend.

I guess I would define it as we didn't play with urgency for 60 minutes. My definition of urgency is do what you have to do to make the play. We worked hard, but urgency and hard work are two different things.