11 Quotes by Jonathan Goodwin

It doesn't really matter who our opponent is; it's how we play, not how they play.

We had more chances to score than we (converted on). Obviously, we had 53 shots on goal, so we did something right tonight.

We gave up seven goals. That's not been our (modus operandi) all season. We've got to get back to the basic things. We didn't play with some of the basics.

You have to be hungry to get there because sometimes it's not the easiest thing to do. Sometimes it's like a fortress, and guys want to slash you and hit you and whack you.

Every team we're going to play is going to be a better team skill-wise than us. But that's OK. That's OK. It shouldn't alarm anybody. It's just that you've got to (play simple against) other teams to beat them. We have to play the consummate team game to beat them.

There's not a guy in our dressing room who feels down and upset. I mean, obviously, we're disappointed we didn't come out and get the win in the first game. But we have a job to do and that's to get the split (of the first two games). Get the split in their rink and go back to ours and the Fort Wayne fans will lead us to two victories.

It was free mind. I just went out and basically just played, kind of read and react, and things went well for me. Pucks landed on my stick. I felt good. I felt really good.

It's tough sometimes. Sometimes you just want to turn around and two-hand a guy in the face. But you can't. You've got to just calm yourself down and skate away. It's hard sometimes, especially if the guy got you pretty good and you want to turn around and hammer him.

I definitely think we're headed in the right direction. But I definitely think, if you look at our squad, right now we're a middle-of-the-pack team. Everybody has to step up. We've got to keep it simple. I don't think we're going to go out there and dazzle anybody with our brilliance, but at the same time we might win some games just by grinding it out, playing smart and not giving (the other teams) opportunities to score.