30 Quotes by John Markell

These were two evenly matched teams, both missing a player. So it probably evened out.

Right now we're focusing on us. I think we know from the past that they come at you with pressure. It's high tempo and it's an intimidating rink to play in. It's almost like the seventh man on the ice, their crowd, and they match that with their skill. They will try to bury you right away.

Quite frankly, we were lucky to get out of that period down just 2-1. We finally got a power-play goal that really kept us in it, but Michigan State certainly had the opportunities.

This is another tough weekend for us. We can't worry about anybody else or next weekend, just the first period of Friday night's game. Notre Dame is a tough team and they will grind it out, but we had success up there earlier in the season and we will attack that same reason this weekend.

They rose to the occasion. It's what we want them to do and it's what they expected to do when they came here. It's a credit to them and to their character.

They got good goaltending tonight. He made the saves, and everyone knows they can score. We talked about it at the beginning of the year that they are one player away and they got it tonight.

Dave Caruso is playing very, very well. I think he's the best goalie in the nation right now. He's giving us tremendous effort. So are other guys, but he's the guy holding us in there.

I want to recognize the character of our team, coming back and scoring two goals like that. They never say never. Was that a pretty setup goal? Either one of them? (It was) just puck on net. We tried to grease one out - that's why they call it a greasy goal.

Any time you have goaltending like that, it has a calming effect.