John Desko Quotations

I thought he saw the ball very well today. I thought they had a number of opportunities early, where they had some good shots, and Pete came up big for us. To keep them to two goals at halftime was really good for our defensive confidence.

We knew they were going to be coming at us. I think they got their first two goals by getting underneath us in the crease. The first two goals really picked them up. Dom (Lamolinara) just stood on his head when we needed him with that doorstop save and the last pass with four seconds left. Defensively we're just jelling and we've just got to keep moving.

I think we came out and got the first goals fairly easily and fairly quickly. All of a sudden they started to change the defense and they changed things up on us and I thought we got a little too comfortable. I give their goalie credit, he made some very good saves, but we just wanted to score. We changed some things halfway through the fourth quarter and we were able to generate some shots. I think for most of the year we've been good on offense. We haven't really struggled like that. We knew coming into the season that we'd have to share the ball on offense and really be efficient.

We got the goals early in the game and I thought we just got a little too comfortable with things. They started changing their defense, they started going from a zone defense to a man-to-man and doing different things. We got sloppy, and I give them credit for the way they played. We got sloppy and had some turnovers there. We did have some opportunities, one-on-one with the goalie in the second there, but we need to finish things. They found some momentum in their defense and were able to crawl back in.

It means a lot, wins like this against quality teams at this time of year does a lot for your confidence. And to be in a game like this and win it, hopefully we can build on that, and if we find ourselves in a similar situation, we can draw on that experience today.

We shouldn't be making the same mistakes. We've seen them on film and worked on them in practice; we've got to do a much better job with that.

We just haven't been able to put 60 minutes of ball together. Our defense did a good job for most of the first half and we couldn't put our points up offensively.

We know Joe's a competitor and he can be intense. I'm sure he'll be a great fit for West Point.

We were hurting. We were questioning ourselves. We were worried about the season.

It's hard to stay calm in a game like this. Basically a one-goal game going back and forth in both directions. It's great to come out on top.