The story of the game was missed chances. It was two tough breaks, especially with the goalie battling his rebounds, but it could have changed the game. But they got the lead and stayed back, so it was hard for us to get into the zone and get our cycle going.

The AHL is a long season, and you go up and down. We've become a team. We battle together, we lose together and we win together.

Before every break you try to get on a high and come back and play like you were before. We were a little too passive at first, but the coaches talked about it on the bench and we went at them more. It feels good to play well and win because then you feel better going to the break and come right back at it.

I don't know how he stopped that. I was just trying to put it in the middle for a rebound, but he somehow got it.

Every time we were on the ice we had great chances. We could feel the emotion on the bench building every shift.

He sees the ice kind of like me and wants to score - rage for goals - every shift. Now that we've been together for a while, we know where each other is going to be on the ice. And when you see his numbers, you know he can pass or score.