With 17-minute periods, we have learned that it is a long game and that you have to be patient. The players know that. If the coaches are feeling panicked, the players will feel that, too.

196

We played well the last two periods. But it's only human nature to be down a bit when you're not scoring goals. We had three or four point-blank shots that just didn't go in. But we kept trying and eventually they went.

125

They have a really hard-nosed team. They win a lot of one-on-one battles. They're physically really strong in the corners. It was a hard team to play against.

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