28 Quotes by Peter Laviolette

That was awesome, nothing was nicer than seeing a green ice. Thanks John Deere and Eric Staal.

We had a mess of chances to score and bury this game and we didn't.

You know what, I'm sure that's exactly what he wants. He's a competitive guy. I go back to the Olympics, when he lost to Finland 5-0 in his first game. He came his next game against Canada and stopped 54 out of 54. I watched him play that game, and he was outstanding. He's that type of person.

We got totally outplayed, the first 40 minutes, especially, that was where the game was lost. It's too bad. Two points slipped away. Every game is important.

We have a lot of different kind of guys in the locker room, but not a lot of guys who are 6-4 and as tough to move as Joe. He's a big guy who really protects that puck, and he's tough to get off of it. He's a skill player, so he should be a good addition.

We weren't able to find the back of the net again in the first period, and they found the back of ours. I think that works against you. We came out in the second period and started firing it in the net and found some success. We could've had a few more, but it didn't happen for us.

When Don and I talked, Chris' name popped up immediately. Not only because of how well he has played with Detroit this season, but because of the way he has represented USA Hockey... it made the choice easy.

Trust me, when (the road trip is) over it'll be time to get home.

The power-play guys have got to be exhausted. But I thought they did a pretty good job of moving the puck around. It was nice to get the last one. We were getting frustrated there in the third period.