Marc Magliarditi Quotations

There's definitely some bad blood between the two teams, and that's why you're seeing a lot of penalties and stuff like that. Obviously there's major intensity with the top two teams in the league and division rivals going at it.

It's always nice to be recognized wherever you're playing, but for me the bigger concern is starting on Tuesday night, to be honest. Maybe it's a good sign we have less guys on that list and we're one of the teams contending for the No. 1 or 2 spot. That shows we have a complete team and a lot of depth.

It kept our season alive for another day. It was do or die for us. It was big for us to come out like we did and to establish some momentum. We'll definitely carry it into (tonight's) game, but it's up to us to sustain it and not give it back.

We had myself and another first-year goalie at the time, and it's the same situation here (with Mike McKenna, who's 9-0-1), and we had solid team defense. The biggest difference between the two teams is the offense. We're a lot deeper than that team. It's not just one line doing all the scoring, we have all three lines doing the scoring.

We could've taken two in their building, which would've been huge, but I don't think anyone's disappointed. We went up there and took a win in a building where we hadn't won this year and we played them tough in overtime the next game, so if we go up there again we're confident we can win.

Practice hasn't been fun the last couple of days. We've been put to work. We had to pay the price this week for not doing it in the games. I know I don't want to go through that again.

This will be fun. This is what it's all about. Game 7. When you're a young kid watching it on TV or playing a video game, it's always Game 7. It's the same thing, full count, bottom of the ninth. This is what it's all about.

Having him back gives me a rest, mentally, for sure.

Our mind-set is to win (tonight) and to win Saturday night. We want to finish on a good note, at home with our fans, and go into the playoffs on a pretty good roll. We don't think about Alaska and what's going on with them. Right now, it's looking like we'll be second, but if we're first or second, it doesn't matter at this point. We're looking pretty good, and playing together.

I've been battling it out for nine years at this level (to get to 200 wins). But the Steelheads didn't make it any easier for me. This is a tough place to get a win.