We had no energy tonight. We didn't finish checks and we had too many turnovers.
I was pleased with our offensive opportunities. We played poorly defensively and it was mostly our forwards. There was far too much pressure on our defense.
Four things were wrong with the way we played. Too many stupid penalties (16 for 51 minutes), too many turnovers by the defense, too many odd-man breaks and too many missed opportunities.
At the end of the day, your goal is to get a split on the road. We are excited about the chance to play two games at home.
I thought we created some really good scoring chances in the third, but Gill came up big. We played hard to the end and definitely took over the momentum. This is it for us, we can't have a slow start tomorrow.
All three lines scored in that period. We didn't feel we were out of the game (after the second period). We tried to come out and win the third period to carry momentum into Saturday's game.
The goal is to break even, and this is the best financial shape we've been in during my time here. It's a huge plus running our own concessions, and advertising might be up a little bit. This is the most efficient (business) year we've had since I've been here.
It's a simple game. We just can't turn the puck over this much.
I think it was our best comeback this year. We beat a really, really good hockey team.
