38 Quotes by Erik Cole

It just seems like we're constantly letting this team back into games when we get maybe an edge or a little bit of momentum. It would have been nice to continue to gain momentum and increase our lead, but that's the way it goes.

Once he got that first one, we knew all that confidence we saw in the first half of the season would come roaring back.

So far so good. I took the stick in the face, hit the wall pretty hard and got cross-checked. I'm hoping that's my three right there.

I'm going to try to rub some other guys, see if I can dish it off.

I made the move I wanted, but not the shot I wanted.

I haven't heard anything from him or Pittsburgh's organization, but I'm not looking to anyone to send any sympathy my way. It's a game, it happened, and I'm sure everyone wished it hadn't, but that's the way it goes.

I'd rather really not talk too much about it. All you can do is hope it doesn't get too many highlights and it doesn't get out there too much.

I don't think we feel like we're ever out of a game. We have the confidence and the character guys that can get things done when the game is on the line and it's been a different guy every time.

You couldn't say he was trying to break my neck. You could say it was a bad move on his part not to let up, to finish the hit the way he did. Unfortunately, the consequences from the league really are not that bad. Three games for him are like a holiday, three games without going out there and getting his lunch handed to him by the other teams in the league. Sounds like a pretty good tradeoff to me.