20 Quotes by Olie Kolzig

We played with him for three years so we all knew.

We gave them a little too much respect. I didn't help myself out much. I didn't bale the guys out like I did earlier in the year.

It was the same thing. Grahame didn't have it frozen, but he disallowed it for whatever reason. Just give me some consistency. That's a two-goal swing.

Against that team, if we get into penalty trouble -- they've got such a good power play and they've killed us all year long with it. We just need to find a way to be more disciplined against a team like that.

As a group, we can't accept losing, even though we are a young team and there are a lot of people picking against us. But the last thing you want to do is breed a losing mentality. You have to be accountable and do everything to put ourselves in a position to win. Most nights it might not happen. But as long as we are not out-worked and out-hustled, that's really all you can ask from this group.

There was a lot of pressure on Peter. Because he had to score to keep it going.

That's right up there. That's a complete 180 from the way we played the last two games ... and that's the way we need to play to give ourselves a chance to win. When we don't play like that, not only do we not win but we embarrass ourselves. We came out hard. We came out determined. We had a couple good days of practice, and it paid off.

It was actually kind of fun. On this stage, Madison Square Garden, Saturday night ... If I stop Jason Strudwick, we win the game. I didn't expect Malik to pull a move off like that.

I'm the same guy, I'm just holding it in a little better. Going into the season, the key word for me was patience. There are going to be nights like Saturday night and Friday night. You have to grade yourself after every game. You have to realize there are going to be growing pains.