Dave Esse
Dave Esse
beginning chances deserved funny good knew people schedule tough written
I thought they deserved to win, they had more good chances to score. I thought it was funny that people had written (East) off at the beginning of the year. They play such a tough schedule that we knew they would be back.
section top toughest
I've been here for 15 years and this is the toughest the section has been top to bottom.
period played seven sound
After the first period and a half, we should have had seven goals. We played very fundamentally sound hockey.
ability boost good great increasing
It was more of a confidence-level boost than increasing his ability. He's a good goaltender, but more importantly he's a good person and a great student.