24 Quotes by Derek Laxdal

We're a physically and mentally fatigued team right now.

I don't know what kind of history they had there, but obviously we had some history tonight and last night. And it makes for some entertaining hockey.

I thought from start to finish the guys put in a great effort tonight. I thought they kept buzzing, buzzing.

I thought our guys played a great first period. You get a big lead and you play hard and sometimes it's hard to hold on to a big lead. But it will be a good character-building game for us.

This series was good for our confidence. We got three solid goaltending performances.

The playoffs are the best time of the year. The sun is shining. The plants are budding, and playoff hockey is in the air.

The reason I pick the captain is a lot of the times it becomes a popularity contest in training camp.

We have a big one coming up in Alaska. We've got to make sure we go up there and play solid hockey. It will be a good test.

We literally got outworked in every zone. It was a clear, simple, good ass kicking.