There's not a guy in our dressing room who feels down and upset. I mean, obviously, we're disappointed we didn't come out and get the win in the first game. But we have a job to do and that's to get the split (of the first two games). Get the split in their rink and go back to ours and the Fort Wayne fans will lead us to two victories.

You know that if you stand in front, you're going to take a beating. You've got to know that before you get in there and plan accordingly.

It's tough sometimes. Sometimes you just want to turn around and two-hand a guy in the face. But you can't.

I agree with him. We are pretty average. But there's nothing wrong with that. When you look up and down the roster, we are pretty average. … Hey, we are what we are. We can't apologize for who we are. It's just the way it is. If he wants to make that comment, he can go right ahead. He has freedom of speech.

You have to be hungry to get there because sometimes it's not the easiest thing to do. Sometimes it's like a fortress, and guys want to slash you and hit you and whack you.

It's tough sometimes. Sometimes you just want to turn around and two-hand a guy in the face. But you can't. You've got to just calm yourself down and skate away. It's hard sometimes, especially if the guy got you pretty good and you want to turn around and hammer him.

It doesn't really matter who our opponent is; it's how we play, not how they play.

It was free mind. I just went out and basically just played, kind of read and react, and things went well for me. Pucks landed on my stick. I felt good. I felt really good.