Quotes about Rink

It's been incredible. We have fans standing six deep in the corners of the rink. It's been unbelievable.

Wes Parent

You could feel it throughout every inch of the rink, not just on the ice and on the bench. All we have right now is each other. Whether we're going for the playoffs or playing for jobs or playing for the guys in the room. It's in every one of us. It's whether we want to stick it on the line for everyone else.

Stefan Meyer

Juice is a competitor. He's played some great games for us in this stretch, ... I know he wants those goals back, but that's the time we have to bail him out at the other end of the rink. The one off the crossbar could have made a difference. We have to have the ability to have a big game offensively for him.

Steve Staios

We overcommitted, pinching when we shouldn't have. Our third person was a little bit too low - they'd go right to our wing and our defense was caught pinching and that opened up the middle of the rink.

Tom Mutch

Sure, I mean to get a good start is really important. That's a tough rink. It's always fun to play there.

Maxime Talbot

The building that has been the museum's home since 1938 was never designed for that purpose. It was originally a cavernous convention center and hockey rink that despite the outstanding efforts of museum staff and volunteers over the years, has been a difficult space in which to produce exhibits.

Marta Howell

It won't be a big deal. We're all used to it. We've all grown up playing it. It will be outdoor-rink hockey, just on a little higher level.

Aaron Marvin

We know everyone there (at the rink).

Gina Moser

I don't remember the game but I know I was at the rink that day.

Steve Pleau

I loved getting up every morning and heading to the rink, and I will miss being in the dressing room with the guys, however I'm looking forward to the next stage of my life.

Vincent Damphousse

There are a lot of good people with the Coyotes, and I have a lot of good friends. But it's all business once I get to the rink.

Dan Cleary

Obviously I had butterflies coming in here, in the rink and before the game. It was a good start for me. I had a chance to make the first few saves (and) the team scored the first goal. After that the confidence was there.

Yann Danis

I'm the only guy left that played a game like that here so I've been telling everyone how great it can be in the rink. The fans are right into it and it's really loud. I think it's going to help us. The crowd is going to be a big seventh player for us. I think it's a plus for the first round.

Frederik Cabana

Mike was a rink rat as a kid. This shows there is much more to hockey than just playing.

Bob Oliver

We're a pretty good skating team. We have to be able to anticipate extremely well, and we have to put ourselves in a position where we don't hurt ourselves around the rink. If we're caught out of position and we're giving up speed to boot, then we're at a distinct disadvantage.

Don Cahoon

I've got to deal with it, that's the situation I'm in right now. I try not to think about it, but a lot of people talk to me about it. You have to block it out. I'm reading the newspaper, I'm focusing every day on going to the rink and making the best out of it. If you think about that stuff, that's where you go crazy.

Maxime Ouellet

So desperate, they were hanging on the walls (of the ice rink). It shocked me.

Mike Darnell

It was an exciting season. In past years we had been dominating and blowing teams out. It was fun to show up to the rink and know you had to play your best every night.

Chris Spillane

I take pride in the way our line's been playing, making plays at both ends of the rink, ... We got away from our game plan in the second period and fortunately, we were able to come back to it in the third.

Dominic Moore

I feel the atmosphere inside the ice rink was going up, so it was like a stone fell off my shoulders when we finished. It was just more concentration on the skating. Maybe that looks like I am really nervous, but it is not that.

Maxim Marinin

It is a game of chess with this city. We'll have to see how it is going to play out. The city goes back and forth trying to figure out what programs to cut and what they have funding for. What I would love to see is for the city to step up and run the rink 10 months out of the year so kids can play in the summer and we can have camps here in Glenwood.

Larry Macdonald

Shortly before the clock strikes 12, everyone is invited onto the rink. We hand out noisemakers and at midnight, everyone yells, makes a lot of noise and we drop balloons onto the crowd. It's a lot of fun for everyone.

Karen Fullmer

Our rink is the best place to play in the league. We've gotten used to the smaller ice and it's a huge advantage to us. Our fans are the best fans in the league by far. They're vocal. They're in your face. I love playing here. I wouldn't want to play anywhere else.

Chris Blight

For the European players, they get an opportunity to adjust to the North American style of play, the rink, and it's an opportunity to play against players their age. There's a lot of pressure on them as it is, coming over (from Europe) maybe for the first time.

Jim Nill

Some of the guys are stronger than the others and for some of the guys, it's the first time they've played this type of hockey. Most of them have never played outside of Europe, so it's a good experience for them, plus they're learning how to play on the smaller rink.

Lars Lindgren

It seemed like the clock was not moving. But, I had a feeling of pride for what the team had accomplished, winning the championship game in the No. 1 seed?s home rink.

Bill Mandigo

We really didn't play well Wednesday. For us to be able to bounce back like that shows a lot about these guys. Everybody contributed on both ends of the rink.

Frank Genovese

Simple philosophy: be on time, come to the rink ready to play. And we pretty much did that all the time and pretty much learned as we went.

Paul Coffey

I drive and they sit in the same seats. We stop at the same store and get energy drinks. We park in the same spot at the rink.

Lorne Misita

I think the best solution would be to get these 700 guys in a rink somewhere and get them to vote on this, individually and confidentially.

Eugene Melnyk

The fans have been just unbelievable, filling the building every game. It's loud, and that gives us a big home-rink advantage. Our players feed off it.

Enrico Blasi