Cory Schneider Quotations

We want it. It's so prestigious and something you'll always remember if you win it. That's the first of many goals we have for ourselves this season.

Shooting the puck up ice is something we've been working on all season. It's gotten me in trouble a couple of times, turning it over to the other team and getting goals against us. It was a bang, bang play and fortunately it worked out.

I felt good tonight. The first period was like a shooting gallery at both ends. Down the stretch my forwards and defensemen did a great job blocking shots. They really helped me out.

We're pretty familiar with them. We know all of their guys and how they like to play. They know how we play. It's going to be a battle of wills.

Were pretty familiar with them obviously, so we just need to drop the puck and play. It's just going to be a battle of wills.

We're pretty familiar with them. It's just drop the puck and play.

We played pretty well, considering this was the ultimate road game.

We are not that disappointed. That's probably the best team we will play. I thought it was the ultimate road game, and we will be battle-tested for whomever we play (tomorrow).

Those goals were huge, especially Aiello?s first goal of the year. We were kind of on our heels, and he gave us the two-goal cushion again.

It was very similar to last year's game -- they jumped out early last year, we jumped out early this year, and the other team clawed back into it.

The team is playing well in front of me. They are blocking shots, and we got a couple of lucky bounces. This game was a lot of fun to be a part of.

That one surprised me a little bit. I didn't see the guy right there on the doorstep. It's my fault for not being on the post.

They had some pretty good sustained pressure there in the third period. Our guys did a good job keeping it to the outside. They were blocking shots, selling out, diving, doing whatever we could to keep them out of the danger areas. They were starting to wear us down, but the team did a great job and I was trying to stay as calm as I could.

They go up and down the ice so well. We're a young team, so it will be interesting to see how we do against their experience.

They ended our season last year, and it's always nice to return the favor. But revenge isn't a factor here. We're trying to win the whole thing.

It was in our mind. They ended our season last year, and it's always good to return the favor. We knew it wasn't going to be easy.

It's a great team we beat. It's a great feeling, but . . . we're trying to win the whole thing.

It's tough playing in this environment as a freshman, but he held his team in the game late. His play helped me elevate my game and made me want to compete harder and answer him at the other end.

It's not too bad. You try to downplay it. It's part of being a good team. You have to play in tough environments.

The North Dakota guys were out there about a minute and they were probably tired. I knew they'd be going for a (line) change.

That's probably the best team in the tournament we'll play. Especially in an environment like that. It's kind of like the ultimate road game.

That's probably the best team in the tournament we'll play.

It was loud and obnoxious. They have very good fans and they are very enthusiastic. It will make it that much more exciting.

They did a good job getting a net-front presence.

They were pressing all game and the crowd was getting into it. I thought we played very well under that kind of scrutiny and pressure.

It was just about dropping the puck and seeing who wanted it more. The guys came out with energy in the beginning and we just buried them. That's a great feeling.

I knew they'd be out early, that they'd come out and bully us and if they got ahead, bury us. I kind of put it on myself to make sure we came out no worse than 1-0, at best tied.

He's a hard-nosed player. He's not afraid to mix it up and get in people's faces. That probably wasn't the best move on his part. But he doesn't give an inch.