13 Quotes by Bob Mancini

We're moving the puck at a good tempo. We have players that can really play offensively. The players are embracing the concept of unselfishness. They don't care who gets the goals.

My issue with the whole thing is that I don't believe that they applied the rules correctly. They way I understand it ... is the referees are in charge. They're supposed to have a decision. They need to call goal or no goal and (in replay) determine whether it's conclusive or inconclusive. I'm looking forward to talking to the league tomorrow.

Kitchener may be the class of our conference. Erie always has a good team. They do a good job of reloading. We'll be playing in two very tough buildings this weekend.

I think it's experience. Most of our (key) guys have played three years in the league minimum, which is huge.

I thought we played hard in the third. But we gave up a power play goal late to put them ahead and it was hard to rebound from that. I give our players on the bench a lot of credit after that goal against. They didn't quit. They didn't want to quit. They continued to play hard.

I thought that the power plays made (gaining) momentum very hard. There wasn't much flow to the game. It made it hard to do anything, for both teams.

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.

We played well and had the majority of the scoring changes. We took the play to Plymouth, but we have to give them credit. They took advantage of their opportunities.

We need to work on our penalty-killing. We have to pay attention to special teams because of the way they're calling it right now. The players have to understand that, if they move the puck quick, good things are going to happen.