Mark Mazzoleni Quotations

We're in the hunt, there's no question. We have a very big game against Waterloo on Thursday, and we still have two with Cedar Rapids and two with Des Moines. The thing is, we are in striking distance.

We moved the puck exceptionally well. I thought Jeremy Dehner, from a power-play perspective, executed as well as he has all season. He really was a threat out there.

They're all players who can take us to that next level.

It was a pretty good hockey game for the third game in three days. I thought we had better scoring chances, but shootouts over the course of a long season come out about 50/50. It was a well-earned point for our team.

I was proud of our kids' effort. We played very hard and played right down to the end.

They are probably the most dynamic line in the United States Hockey League. Their focus is based on the production they receive from (that line).

There are no moral victories, because a loss is a loss. Just because we're playing a good team like Omaha and we played well in the final two periods doesn't mean that we should be happy about what happened out there.

We played even with a great team in the second and third periods. But Omaha is a team that plays with a great desire to win for a full 60 minutes. We didn't do that.

We have a (heck) of a time against this team. It's their style. If there's a loose puck in their D zone, they don't break it out; they just chip it out, so they're a real tough team to sustain pressure against.

We've made a lot of progress this year, and we can't lose sight of that. We learned a lot about what to do and what not to do (against Omaha). That's playoff hockey, and we have to be ready and willing to compete.