Rob Proffitt Quotations

He really understands the game and has a great touch around the net.

I think we got into using our speed in the second and third periods and that really worked well at times.

I think we say tonight how important it is to play your first game of the season in front of your home fans. The guys who had the chances finished well tonight and we got timely goaltending when we needed it the most.

Wasilla has a good hockey team. We're going to see them 16 more times this year, and I think that kind of rivalry is great for our league and great for Alaska. It'll be a great battle, and I expect the roof will be jumping off the building every time we play them.

We were able to play all four lines tonight and they all had their ups and downs. Overall, it was a pretty good way to start the season.

We have more depth up front than we've had in a while. I think we have the chance for a lot of guys to be in double-digits for putting pucks in the net.

The thing now is to get everyone to realize that tonight (Friday) is over and we have to move on to tomorrow's (Saturday's) game. We have to come out and be better on Saturday than we were tonight.

Any night your goalie puts a good egg up on the scoreboard, you've got think you're going to have a pretty good chance. He made some big saves in the first period that gave us a chance.

It's going to be a fun game to watch from the fan's perspective. It's going to be fast, with a lot of blue-line to blue-line passes.

He stayed square to the shots and he played well for his first junior A game.

And he's really still not there yet. He's just going to get better and better every time he steps on the ice.

The job is always open in the net, but if you have to put a number on it. Bryce is our No. 1 guy. I thought he did a good job tonight.