122 Quotes by Chris Pronger

We were a little bit more aggressive and they weren't taking quite as many shots from outside as they did in Game 1. We were just closing a little quicker. If you don't give them that time and space, they're not going to be able to get it to the net.

We kind of got thrown under the bus after the first game. But we really stuck together. We saw our team evolve and develop into the team you saw at the end. Everybody was on the same page and playing great.

When you play six games in eight days, there's not a lot of time to practice and get that cohesiveness. If you look around at a lot of the countries, they are so familiar with each other and the ice. It's tough to make that adjustment in eight days.

When you don't win, obviously people are going to look and point fingers. Looking at the teams we had and looking at the teams Detroit had, there's a reason they were winning those Stanley Cups and we were losing to them.

The good thing about coming back and being in games right away is it kind of takes the focus off that.

You can look at a number of things with Al. Obviously the accolades -- the Conn Smythe, the Norris Trophy, the Stanley Cup, renowned as the hardest shot in the league. But the leadership in the room. The way he approached the game. The way he carried himself. That was the biggest thing.

We have a chance to take a stranglehold on the series.

We gave them a lot of momentum early. It's tough to climb out of that hole.

We knew exactly what we were coming up against. They may have lost 13 in a row, but they were in every one of those games.