I definitely think we're a better team than last year. I don't think we're a playoff team yet, but we are an improved team.
Allyson Wolff
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I told the kids that if you think that's a fun environment, wait until next month. I can't wait until (playoff) season.
Garrick Phillips
If you can get into a team's head that they can't beat us and are going to have to play their best hockey to even be close, that's going to pay dividends in a playoff series.
Jason Williams
Jim had a little bad luck on the second playoff hole and that opened the door for me and I hit a pretty good shot out of the bunker.
Wes Short Jr
It's only been 10 days, but it was hard watching the other night with a close game like that. You're a little bit more motivated to play against a former team and coach, so it's definitely a plus to get a playoff goal early and get the monkey off my back.
Les Borsheim
We have to treat every game like a playoff game right now because they are. I think the guys have, and I think we'll continue that way. We have a lot of confidence that we are going to get in.
Jason Allison
It was our first-ever playoff game and I'm proud of how we did. We want to get to their level. We made one mistake tonight on defense and they made us pay.
Mike Townsend
It's playoff hockey. We could've won 2-1, or 3-2 in overtime. It just so happened it was 6-1. We just need to forget about this win, and we need to come back and play our style of game.
Francis Bouillon
All I have on them is some box scores from their playoff games. We haven't played them in any of my eight years as coach. All I know is we have to hit better than we did on Tuesday.
Sherri Paez
You're really going to see the difference between the Battle of Alberta in the playoffs and in the regular season. Now at playoff time, you can definitely call it a Battle of Alberta.
Georges Laraque
That team played us as tough as anyone has in a long time, and it's like a playoff atmosphere in that arena. It's just amazing, but we were able to get out of here with the wins.
Gerry Fleming
We talked a lot going into tonight about how one loss to Oxford was not going to end our playoff hopes. They stayed focus on the task at hand and kept playing until the job was finished.
Chad Kison
It was a gutsy effort. We've got a pretty good stretch going here and this whole month has been our playoff run.
Danton Cole
It is playoff time, and we had to take it to another level. We just tried to play Patriots football the way it should be played.
Asante Samuel
This was like a playoff game for us. I thought if we could get this one and even with Hillhouse coming up next we had four games left I thought we could win. Now the Hillhouse game becomes a playoff game.
Jay Karlins
We definitely have plans for another playoff run, but in lacrosse, like every other sport, you can never look pass your next game.
Larry Eckert
I preferred that they played. Because we beat them with their full team and the playoff seeding committee can look at that.
Rhonda Jefferson
In a playoff system like this, one bad game and you go home. But this is all new for us. We can build on this.
Wayne Fortenberry
Playoff games are always different than the regular season. You're going to miss more shots and make more mistakes. It's just the way it is.
Butch Wade
Considering when we were 4-4 after eight games, for sure we were starting to thing a playoff spot might be out of our own grasp.
Mark Dacey
Were just now coming around to play together with everyone coming off the injured list. Thats going to help us down the stretch as we look to make the playoff run.
Henry Bibby
Playing a playoff, it would be hard to do at this level. People are going to leave it all out there on the field, and it's such a physical game. It's such a physical sport. It would be hard to keep everyone healthy and available if you made it all the way to the national championship game.
Bryan Mcclendon
It was great for us. We had a playoff atmosphere on senior night against the Falls.
Andy Cerroni
That was playoff goaltending. We thought this was our moment to make a move. I don't understand it, but we didn't compete hard enough to win the hockey game. They were far hungrier than we were. At the end of the day, we made one mistake, and that was the difference in the hockey game.
Don Nachbaur
Landon has a knack of knowing when it really matters, ... Is that a sense of timing or a really good player? I don't know what it is but he has it: 2001 playoff run, playoff run this year, 2002 World Cup, we could go on and on and on. For the big games he'd done it.
Frank Yallop
It definitely had that playoff atmosphere. It was two guys, going head-to-head, that are arguably our No. 1?s right now.
Doug Mirabelli
It's going to be a playoff atmosphere from here on out. It's going to be great to watch and a lot more fun playing.
Brett Clark
We went out there and said it was going to be a playoff type of game. We made some mistakes, but the kids hung in there. We got some people on and made things happen.
Pat Mcquaid
It might be one of the best games we've had at the start. We've got to set the tone early (because) it's playoff time. Everybody wanted to find the open man. That's how you win championships.
Kevin Dillard
We're battling for a playoff spot and every game is important for us. The (next) three games, there's got to be no steps back. We have to go forward and win all those.
Alexei Ponikarovsky
There's going to be a playoff and we're involved.
Travis Miller
After what Rut did on 17, I think it was a pretty lucky break just to get into the playoff. It's a funny game, but that's golf.
Rob Oppenheim
We hoped to get it down to six by halftime, but I was very pleased with the way we came back especially for this team, which has very little playoff experience.
Scott Slayton
We were able to advance runners around the bases with some big timely hits for the win. This win was a big one for us as it puts us back in the playoff picture.
Judy Smith
We'll put that in our top two wins of the year. That was the epitome of a fantastic playoff game right there.
Aaron Gavey
It felt like a playoff game out there. I thought we played well in the first two periods, then made one or two mistakes. The shoe could've been on the other foot and the guys have nothing to be ashamed of. We learned a lot from this one.
Danton Cole
Chapter one is completed. It's playoff time and we look forward to the challenge that comes with being a No. 1 seed.
Chris Duncan
I think he has the potential of playing junior hockey somewhere. If he has a strong playoff performance, he can open some eyes.
Paul Taibi
If this goes through, he's going to a playoff team and he is excited about going to a good team.
Doug Neustadt
At this point, everything we've got left is playoff games. And that's a good thing for us. That's a great environment to go and play in right now.
Jeremy Durham
There's no playoff on the line in this game, but this is still a big game for both of us. One of us will win and this will be a feel-good game. This is a pride game.
Cody Robbins
This was a huge win for us. It was like a playoff game.
Chris Mcconnon
When you look at the standings, yeah, if we win, we can be in first. If we lost, we can be in eighth. It's so close. Every game is so important. It's like a playoff game.
Patrice Brisebois
I want them to work hard for the people of Quebec City and elevate their game to another level come playoff time.
Patrick Roy
We're thrilled. It's a new beginning. They're a playoff team.
David Bauman
It took us a half to adjust to what playoff soccer is like. This was a tough way to lose.
Rick Ellis
It?s going to come down to how well we play. We?re pretty close (to securing a playoff berth) but we still have to win a couple of games down the stretch.
Jim Migneault
We know what it's about and Fort Macleod has been there a few years ago too, so they know what it's about. We expect a very good game, not much different from our playoff atmosphere here. I think it'll be a great game and following us Grande Prairie plays a little bit later. I think both games will be really good.
Mel Vollman
[Chris Simms will control the Bucs' playoff hopes for the rest of the season.] I've been out there a few times, ... I know what I'm doing.
Chris Simms
We are the only team in our district with any playoff experience, and this time of year is a whole different animal.
Paul O'halloran
Duluth caught us at a bad time because we're fighting for a playoff spot and we're hungry. And we always seem to play well against Duluth.
Drew Stafford
He won a playoff game. He's battle-tested.
Jesse Rosenberger
It's playoff hockey for us. We can't take any night off, it's such a tight race.
Andy Mcdonald
We won't take them for granted. This will be a very tough set of games on the road. They're very physical. Already it's been like playoff-level hockey, and this [weekend] is going to continue that.
Joe Battista
The good thing is that this isn't our playoff team. That's no excuse. We're good enough to win these games, we just aren't doing it right now.
Steve Martinson
This was a huge win for us. To get a win on the road against a playoff caliber team is always huge.
Speedy Claxton
We're not going to look at this game in the way that, if we lose, it's the end of the world. But, definitely, it's going to be a key game for us to get a playoff mode going.
Gavin Prout
We felt we were a playoff contender in Class A, so if we're not [in Class B] it will be a very disappointing.
Frank Knight
Every game is almost like a playoff game now.
Nicklas Grossman
We want to play (tonight) as if it's a playoff game.
John Lafontaine
Every night is a playoff game now. We have to play our best or else you lose. Especially our power play - it was great tonight and our (penalty kill) was great, too.
Patrice Brisebois
If we're in the playoff round, I'm thrilled.
Renee Sonnenberg
Without our point guards we're pretty banged up. We're kind of limping around and trying to hang on to a playoff spot.
Tony Raffetto
It's going to be one heck of a playoff battle.
Mark Drown
We always expect a good game from them. It's playoff intensity.
Murray Johnson
At least they have a little bit of playoff experience. We're confident. We know Palo Verde's a great team. If we can play well, anything can happen.
Bill Naftaly
We're in a playoff situation, and we had to win this game. We didn't win, and we go home.
Jim Litchfield
That was sweet. I've never been in a playoff before. Now I'm going to have to back it up for next year.
Nick Umholtz
In that first half, they came out and hit us a little harder than we expected. This is a big game for them. They're in a playoff push. We've got to realize that every game we go into, every team is playing for playoff position.
Joel Przybilla
I don't think Germany will be in the playoff round. I think Canada, Sweden, U.S. and Norway will. And, Scotland may be able to make it.
Anette Norberg
We've got Hanover this week. We'll let [the possibility of a playoff appearance] take care of itself.
Mark Robinson
We are certainly disappointed in our performance. But, I'm glad that it happened now rather than in a playoff game.
Alexandre Louzada
If there was a playoff, (polls) wouldn't make a bit of difference. But there's built-in politics. Somebody has to sift through that and say, 'There's a good team.' We have the people to do that.
Andy Curtin
We hit the ball really well. We know what we are up against to make a playoff spot. We came out ready to go.
Jerry Harris
We need to experience this [playoff] to go to a higher level. That (9-7) is a solid slate and the guys are now believing that we can be at the top four.
Bo Perasol
He's clutch and he shoots the ball when he needs to. He may have gotten a lucky bounce, but it's about time we won a playoff game and about time we got the bounces.
Gavin Prout
He has been talking about the playoffs since training camp. He has been real determined to get back playing playoff hockey.
Nick Lidstrom
I would have liked to beat them all three times, but we beat them in the big one, and now we get to host [a playoff game]. That's a big advantage to be at home.
Bobby Diez
We've put ourselves back in the playoff picture, but it won't mean a thing if we don't win our next game.
Scott Coval
We were at the lowest of lows last year. We couldn't get any lower. This year we are looking to make a playoff push, and trying to win the division.
Joe Minucci
Here we are at week nine and still in the playoff hunt. We haven't been there before. They (Herrin) are a heck of a football team.
Kerry Martin
They've been pretty good about it. They know it's the last game, so they know we're right at the end of things. It's not like we're going to have a playoff game this year.
Jess Miller
I think that we will need to finish at least 4-2 to be assured of a playoff spot.
Bill Laimbeer
Hopefully we'll be able to get a home playoff match to set us up where we can get a couple of wins at home and compete for the state title.
Thomas Britt
After missing a couple of years, we re-established that we are a playoff team.
Steve Strand
It was great for them to be here, experience this, and know they can be in a playoff atmosphere and have some success in the future.
Jonathan Caputo
That's what you need out of guys in playoff baseball. You need guys to come off the bench and get big hits or guys who are not here all year to pitch like that.
Bobby Smith
This was a huge win for us. Earlier in the year we hadn't played these guys very well. We are treating every game like it's a playoff game right now and each point is important.
Tom Preissing
They are a very good football team, ... They have 17 starters back from a playoff team and they have seniors and they're good.
Richard Carson
We're facing state-playoff caliber teams. So, it gives our kids a chance to see the kinds of teams you can expect to see in the state tournament.
Chuck Fehr
It's a whole different atmosphere at playoff time. The defense picks up, and every possession counts. You have to play with a purpose.
Ryan Badour
You see great players making great plays, but you'll see other guys chipping in and becoming known as consummate playoff players and that's better than anything. There's nothing better than that pressure of every play.
Chris Dingman
We just have to worry about playing our game. It's exciting because every game is a playoff game. If you can't get up for this at this time of year, there's something wrong.
Bret Dececco
They're a playoff team from last year and they have a lot of kids back. This should be a great game. We'll find out where we're at.
Darren Kalina
We need to win. Every game for us is a playoff game.
Mark Hackett
He's a big guy who can rebound and defend, and he's got a lot of playoff experience.
Donnie Nelson
We definitely want and expect to be a playoff team. We're glad our owner has the confidence in us and that he believes we'll be a playoff team.
Chris Mihm
That was probably the closest thing to a playoff game all year.
Daymond Langkow
We played a solid 14 minutes but the bottom line is you got to play 60 minutes, it's a playoff atmosphere and we've got to do a better job. We've got to play a lot better defensively in our own end.
John Torchetti
(The Rangers have) gone from a non-playoff team to a playoff team, and that would have to play a huge role.
Glen Hanlon
We were probably a minute-and-a-half out of the playoffs. That was a heartbreaker. We hope to build on that. We're right there knocking on the playoff step. They can taste it.
Jerrad Jeske
The Fever are a good team. We are a good team. It should be an intense, good playoff series.
Crystal Robinson
Look at the Broncos. . . . They haven't won a playoff game since John Elway retired, whether it's Brian Griese or Jake Plummer.
Chris Myers
Josh Fulmer had a bogey on the third playoff hole and Rich made a great par.
Kevin Mulligan
It really was a playoff atmosphere. I'm sweating, and it wasn't even that hot.
Ron Gardenhire
They've really improved, and they are missing a few key players. They will be a big threat come playoff time.
Mark Lerose
Home playoff games are a lot of fun with the big crowds. Now, we've just got to make sure we keep playing the way we need to play, make sure we stay on track.
Matthew Lee
I think bowl games are good. It's good for teams that aren't in the BCS. It's a good way to finish the year. If you win you feel like you accomplished something. In a playoff there would only be one winner.
Garin Justice
This was a big win for our playoff seeding. I think the No. 1 seed will come down to Park Falls, Bruce and us.
Jim Kivisto
He's going to face a patient club. He's going to face a very experienced club, a team that's fighting for a playoff berth. That's a true test. I think everybody would like to see that.
Jeff Nelson
We were chirping at each other and I don't really like the guy. It's playoff hockey and maybe he tries to get under my skin. If he wants to fight, we'll fight.
Alexandre Burrows
It's eight games to the playoff and you have to get a second effort on everything. It was a great effort.
Martin Erat
We've been on the road before. We didn't have all our [playoff] games at home [in two] of the years we won the Super Bowl. We've had to play in hostile environments before.
Willie Mcginest
We are looking forward to the playoff game with Mount Pleasant. They are a good offensive team. Our defenders must maintain concentration and composure throughout the game in order to stop their attacks.
Alexandre Louzada
It was very exciting with the wind. I felt good about the way I played. I didn't make a bogey the last two days, including the playoff.
D.a. Weibring
My own opinion is that a playoff would be exciting. It would get rid of all the questions about who is the true national champion.
Dennis Roland
Does it surprise me? Not really. He's got multi-dimensional talent. With that performance, Paul really made a statement that he'll help the team as much as he can during a playoff run.
Mike Sirant
These are like playoff games. Every game, every pitch, is so important now.
David Bell
Our motto is to stay the course and the playoff intensity will still be there. I don't look at just one game. I'm very pleased at the way the guys have called it all year. The players dictate whether there will be a lot of calls or not.
Stephen Walkom
I think desperation is a key. We have to play with desperation and not act in desperation. Any time you're in a playoff series, it's about how you react. How we react to being down 2-0 and how we react to losing this game will make the difference.
Bob Mancini
We need to win out in conference games for a home playoff game.
Tim Barrett
We're fighting for a playoff spot, where Florida had such a good start that they know they're going to make the playoffs. We're fighting for our lives.
Jason Fitzsimmons
Every game we go into is a battle and the opponent, we're going to get their best. Penn-Trafford's not out of this race ... and they need a win against us to get in, so you add the rivalry and the fact they're still in the playoff hunt and you're looking at a battle on Friday.
Lynn Washowich
When we got to the stadium, there were 5,000 people and it was a playoff-like atmosphere.
Deron Clark
It's a playoff game. Everyone is trying to win at whatever cost. I would never be a dirty player or anything like that.
Brooke Wyckoff
We want a home playoff game for Columbus. The people here deserve it.
Jason Gibson
We?re still in sixth place. We still have a lock on the sixth playoff spot.
Norm Lafleur
We played playoff hockey. We played like men out there and we played like a team.
Travis Zajac
They're playing a lot better now. They're playing for their playoff lives. They're a lot more experienced now, and Deckard isn't a freshman anymore.
Dave Mcdermott
Our goal isn't just to clinch a playoff spot, we want home- field advantage throughout, so we need to win every game. We need to continue to get better every week.
Rashad Floyd
There's going to be a playoff, No, it's not fun.
Johnson Wagner
The World Series mattered a tremendous amount then and now. It always has been and always will be. It's just harder to get into now because they have to win two playoff series before they get there.
Billy Pierce
I just wanted to come to a playoff team and help them win games. Philly's the spot.
Lee Nailon
It does feel like a playoff atmosphere. We've been battling to catch Toronto and we've done it. Now we're trying to pass them.
Anthony Calvillo
The benefits to the communities of hosting the bowl games are not going to be there [with a playoff].
Mike Schulze
They're determined. They want to make a playoff run. They want to make a point that they're a team that can be a contender.
David Diehl
It was a good playoff-level game. For us to win in overtime is a tremendous boost. This is the biggest game of the year for us.
Dick Wilcox
Our goal is to get a playoff spot. We definitely have the pieces, but we're going to need to execute and we'll need a little luck, too. Our district is killer.
Jackie Scales
As it looks, we're in good shape. We'd love to get a home match so the school can come out and see a playoff match in our gym, because it will be a tough place for someone to win.
Rob Haydak
Our ball pressure was very good and we rebounded well. I wouldn't say we played a great game, because I think we did have some playoff jitters in the first half, but we played a good team game.
Sheena Aden
That was a big game for us. It was the most intense atmosphere we have played in all year. We came out and played hard all 32 minutes. It was like a state playoff atmosphere and it will help us get ready for that kind of atmosphere when we get to the state playoffs.
Wesley Matthews
It's an exciting position to be in. We will see where we are as a team. This will be a playoff atmosphere with the division title on the line.
Tina Slinker
All I can do is go out and play as great as I know how. I'm a professional. I didn't come here to just go through the motions, even when you're out of the playoff chase.
Kirby Puckett
I was like it's just like the playoff game. Keep trucking, keep trucking.
David English
It's two points closer to a playoff spot. And it's gaining some credibility and confidence.
Jacques Martin
Jon had three unbelievable playoff games.
Mike Sirianni
This helped our playoff chance. We put ourselves in the position at least to get in the playoffs.
Tony Raffetto
I think both kids played their best all-around basketball in that five-game playoff stretch leading us to the state championship.
Steve Shingledecker
The tournament was just a real breath of fresh air. It was nice to play playoff hockey in December.
Andy Chiodo
They're one or two goals shy of being a playoff team and a top-10 team, and I think we understand that.
Jeff Tambroni
I thought (Montoursville) played like a team playing for their playoff lives. I'm glad our guys responded out there. We matched their intensity.
Tony Fannick
This was a huge win for us. It was like a playoff game. We needed a division win and the guys got it done.
Mike Horacek
We look at these back-to-back games as a playoff series. That's what we've done all year. We want to win both games and not give them any life.
Bryan White
It was one of those that are going to come back to haunt us. That's going to make or break our playoff chances.
Rudy Gonzales
Everyone's saying, 'We're playing playoff hockey now,' and we are. We're playing for our lives. It's a huge game. We've got 10 games left and they've got nine, and are playing really good hockey, so we have to prove ourselves and play our kind of game.
Shean Donovan
When there was that situation with that fumble (late in the playoff win over Indianapolis) that was rectified by that tackle, that proved that it his destiny to win this game.
Bob Dozier
It was very similar. But this was like another playoff-type game at the beginning of this season for us.
Nemer Hassey
We're playing for first place in the division and we're fighting for a playoff spot. This home stretch is going to be key for us.
Stephane Yelle
It's always nice to come in and win one of the last games, and our last game against them this season. It doesn't mean too much in terms of the playoff, but it's good to win.
Matt Pettinger
In all likelihood, this is the team we're going to meet in the first round, and it felt like a playoff atmosphere.
Blair Betts
This is playoff time and everyone has to be ready to step up. We got a lot of things with our defense, which created opportunities for our offense.
Kelly Matthews
He's had a good playoff series. We're looking for him to continue that. He keeps the team fired up.
Mike Butters
We have the opportunity for two playoff games at home. A lot was on the line (Saturday).
Paul Sather
Co-division champs. That's what I'm calling it. I can understand why there isn't [a playoff], but frankly, I would have liked to have had one. It would have been nice to settle the division championship.
John Henry Cardinal Newman
These teams will be battling for a playoff spot. So they will be giving us all they have.
Mike Briguglio
These are the games you have to win. We've got to start climbing the ladder back into a playoff spot and get better in our division.
Scott Hannan
Intensity, that's huge in a playoff game. Without intensity, you won't go anywhere.
Masi Marjamaki
We did what we had to do to win. We are fighting for that third playoff spot and the kids worked hard for the victory.
Johnny Gonzales
Last year, I lost here in our playoff match. So this year, I was going to punish whoever got in my way.
Chris Nicolosi
It definitely felt good to come back and help my team make a playoff run, ... That was a great feeling.
Jimmy Kennedy
We started a few games where we started strong, experience-wise but we should have played better in the end. We needed this game to stay in the playoff hunt.
Jamie Watson
The kids watching those [playoff] games are now guys I'm playing with, and they still talk about the rats.
Tom Fitzgerald
I don't think people should expect us to blow people out. We are not like that right now. We played against a very good team. I'm just excited that we got a win over a playoff team.
Dave Pietramala
We better start turning things around. We're getting near the end of the season, and things change. It's not the same hockey you're playing in December. It's different. It's playoff hockey. We're still playing December hockey.
Brian Campbell
It's tough to go out and play so hard and know that now our playoff life is on the line. I don't think it's over by any means. We'll just have to win out and see what happens from there.
Brensley Haywood
It means a lot to win six games in a row. We can compete with the best teams in the league. I think we are a playoff hockey team. We proved over the last six games that we can play with anybody.
Jason Chimera
With a playoff situation, it's not the kids, the players, who would benefit. They would be playing more games, and what's that for? It's a money thing. Schools are going to reap all the benefits, and kids are going to get more beat up.
John Shevlin
They weren't going to give it to us. That's only fair when it's playoff time. They came out and played as hard as they've played all season. It's only fair so the other team doesn't feel cheated.
Lorenzen Wright
We have to have the confidence that if we outwork people good things will happen. This is our playoff drive and I think our young team was feeling the pressure. This was good for them.
Brian Idalski
We want to be in the playoffs and we've got to win these games. It's playoff hockey and it feels like playoff hockey.
Shean Donovan
We didn't block out as well as we really wanted to and we didn't keep their big girls off the boards. I'm very proud. Nobody expected us to get here, but I knew the girls had it in them. It just took time to come out, and it came out at playoff time.
Patansy Miller
That was a playoff game for us tonight and we played that way. It's a good feeling to play like that as a team. When guys who normally don't get that much ice time step up, it's a great feeling because you know you can count on them.
Ryan Jorde
We believe the leagues should determine their playoff teams through their bylaws. We feel the coin toss isn't a good way, but encouraging coaches to run up the score is even worse.
Terry Clark
It was a playoff atmosphere-type game. Both teams played well. We're fortunate to get the win.
Charlie Warner
I have a better feel for what we need to do to become a playoff team than anybody coming in here. I think the players would rally behind me.
Kippy Brown
We knew coming in New Hampshire was a good team. I wouldn't be surprised if it was playoff game down the line. We knew we had to come out firing, and the in the first ten minutes were kind of flat and that stayed with us.
Katie Meinhardt
I'm very glad that we got a chance to win a playoff game and got a chance to play again.
Vic Levine
Hillside was playing for a playoff spot. What do you guys want to play for? Right now, they're playing to win. We haven't come out to play yet. We were just walking around on the field.
Issac Marsh
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