Joe Papin Quotations

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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