19 Quotes by Wil Nichol

We didn't want to play on our heels. We wanted to play on our toes. At the end of the day we won the game and are going to state.

I can't speak for the kids, but probably every one of them, if given a choice between being on the first team or Player of the Year or going 16-0 in the Valley for the first time would pick going unbeaten.

I thought we had some other guys who deserved to be in that mix.

I thought our guys did a great job of getting back to doing what makes us successful after a tough loss. I don't think we had the first period we wanted. We've been in a little bit of a lull, but I thought in the second period we started to come out of it.

That chapter is over. We've talked about how now the second season begins. I think our special teams are playing as well as they have all year. I think we have a chance to go deep in the playoffs.

I wasn't nervous. It was no big deal because we bring three of everything for situations just like this. How bad would that have been if he wouldn't have been able to play?

We were just trying to ride out the penalty kill and not give Rapids any momentum. We didn't expect the shorty, but it was huge.

This was a tough one to swallow. We weren't satisfied just to get here, but it's an accomplishment to get down here. I'm satisfied with how we played. We deserved better.

We scored on three of our seven opportunities tonight and if we do that every night I will feel pretty good about our chances.