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They were missing some guys and they have older players, too, so we knew we had to come out hard and take it to them.

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They battled hard after coming out flat in the first period. We jumped out to an early lead but we started to make it too difficult on ourselves and they got right back into it. It was nice to get that third one to get the guys going again.

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He's a great player. I've watched him since '94, I guess. He's always been one of the best players in the league, so I got lucky to get ahead of him.

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They play a similar style. For us, we've got to get up in their face and stop them before they can get going. We're still probably the fastest team. We need to get our defense up in the play to snuff out their forwards so they don't get a chance to get out on the breaks.

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Obviously our record speaks for itself, the numbers. It's been quite a turnaround. It's great to have a player like Joe on the line.

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They actually had a (men's) team that was basically made up of my uncles and my dad. I just watched them since I was a little kid. They are all hockey fanatics.

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You never expect to have anything like this, but this is what I worked for. This is what I spent my summer training for. I wanted to be as good as I could. ... I always liked the way (Thornton) played, and I watched him play a lot growing up, when he was in juniors. He's a great passer, and I like to shoot.

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We got our legs moving. Everyone started skating. You do that they've got to haul you down every once in a while.

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We got our legs moving. Everyone started skating. You do that they've got to haul you down every once in a while.

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It's exciting when you get a player of that magnitude. He's in the top 10 in the league ... I'd say top five ? one of the best passers I've seen in a long time.

Jonathan Cheechoo