Hopefully he can go, but we'll have to see. Dean is an important player for us. He brings a presence to the ice and he's our leader.

He's strong, and he's a fast skater, and he's really going to help us on offense. He can make things happen around the goal.

I think our guys want a little revenge. You don't want to dwell on those two games, but this is our last chance to play those guys, and we would really like to take one from them.

In the next five weeks, we have a lot of games at home and many of them are against teams in our division. If we want to jump into this race and get that last spot, we have to cash in at home and win hockey games.

I knew they would go at it right away, and the fans seemed to enjoy it.

The key thing about Nathan is that he's one of those guys who gets in position to give you an offensive spark. He's been one of our most consistent contributors.

That's a situation where we didn't match up well, and Idaho is a very good team you can't make mistakes against. I never felt we really played well against them.

That second period was the whole game. We had a real determined effort in that second period. That's the game, along with some timely saves by Jake (Moreland).

It was great to see Maris out there. We're proud to have someone from the Thunder at the Olympics.

They are very talented and it's a real challenge for us. But we've been playing with more confidence, and I expect that to continue.