Bench Quotations | Page 6

I thought the kids off the bench did a good job and boosted us. I was very happy with their effort.

I thought their guys coming off the bench won the game for them. Daniels and Taylor are the guys who came in and broke our back with 16 and 10 respectively.

I thought the first quarter for us was nearly flawless. Our team did an excellent job playing without Erin (Parker), and our bench played extremely well.

I thought we attacked the glass hard in the second half, and that was the difference. We relaxed a little bit (after Beckham went to the bench with four fouls and Ballard trailing 49-31). We made a few mistakes, but every time we made up for those mistakes.

I thought we also had some guys come off the bench to give us some key play. In the playoffs, that's important because you need to give your guys a blow.

I thought that Rob Hoadley was outstanding in the centres and James Brooks got a bit of time in both half-back positions. Also, I thought David van Eyk and Peter Bracken had a good impact when they came off the bench into the front row.

When he first went down, it didn't look good. And he was so close to the bench that he didn't have to get up to get off the ice, so I wasn't sure what happened. But I talked to the trainer between periods and he thought it would be good and then I saw Mike after and he was all smiles with the team winning the division. So a crisis averted, I guess.

We wanted to try to start establishing our bench more, so basically we're playing three guys and giving those guys a little bit more minutes.

We were confident on the bench we could get another one.

We need consistent play from our post players off the bench to make us a deeper team.