26 Quotes by Tony MacAulay

We were looking forward to the season and we had a lot to be proud of in Beaumont. We had a great summer of recruiting. That part was exciting for me personally and professionally, but I can't dictate what happened in Texas.

We have to learn something from today. Everybody?s going to go in different directions right now, because of how they?re going to accept this loss. But it has to bring us closer together.

We have nowhere to go but up. Everybody realizes that. The quicker we dust ourselves off and start running again, the better our hockey team?s going to be. Are people (ticked) off? Yeah, they?re pretty (ticked) off.

We were right there. We had good enough chances to do it. Guys were in the right spot. We?re playing playoff games now. That was a playoff game.

We have to deal with the hand that we?re dealt. We have to look at it as the glass being half-full. This is a challenge. A lot of times when you?re short, it becomes a time to learn. That?s what we?re hoping is going to happen.

We?re trying to get ourselves motivated to be the best team that we can. That?s really all we?re looking at right now. There?s some things that went well tonight, and we?re not going to discount them by any means.

You have to start periods strong and finish periods strong. All is not lost here. They?re going to continue to keep battling. It?s all part of the learning experience. It?s salt in the wound when you lose, but it?s murder if you don?t learn from it.

Everything?s a turning point now. We?re looking at the halfway mark. It?s more of dealing with what?s on our plate. We don?t want to put too much on our plate right now, because A, we?re going to get indigestion, and B, we?re going to get fat. We don?t want to look at this as getting too good too quickly. We want to digest our food and learn and start to peak at the right times.

Every day this week, before practice or after practice, we talked about what we did last weekend. It was only as a friendly reminder as to what we need to do, almost as if we need a wake-up call every day.