Jon Cooper
Jon Cooper
couple days games played preparing rest
I think Fairbanks' frustration set off the fights. Now we get to rest a couple of days before preparing for Texas. We've played a lot of games and need a break.
care everybody eyes games goes knew open previous series texas win
I don't care how many games this series goes as long as we win. Everybody knew who would win the previous two years, but this series is up for grabs. Texas will have its eyes open going into this series.
extremely games hard lost overtime team
Fairbanks just lost two overtime games to Texas. Fairbanks is always good. They're an extremely hard working team and they've got two outstanding goaltenders.
falls games last nine since team tough
It's going to be tough from here on out. Every team we play has something to play for, and Wichita Falls is no exception. We're going to see every team's best, and that's going to be especially tough since we play our last nine games on the road.
game hard hockey played rolling solid
We played a solid hockey game for 60 minutes. When we are rolling we are hard to stop.
guard kept played
Riley really played well. We did what we had to do to win. There were times when we let our guard down, but Riley kept us in it.
across believe built chemistry couple good leadership needed pieces pull push puzzle rome team truly
We've got good leadership and chemistry on this team. That's something our team lacked the first two years. There's still a couple of pieces of the puzzle needed to push us across the top. Rome wasn't built overnight, but I truly believe we can pull this thing off tonight.
battling credit players remember rolling series texas win
Give Texas credit for battling back. Our players are confident. They know when they're rolling that we're pretty good. The thing to remember is that you don't win a series in one game. This will be a marathon, not a sprint.
energy ideas school seems
He seems pretty into the school with new ideas and energy for the future, and so are we - so that is great.
deserved desperate good guys maybe ran run today took
We're on a pretty good run and today we ran into a desperate team. Maybe they deserved a better fate. Our guys just did what it took to win.
battle came happened heard soon
As soon as I heard about what happened to Zephyr, that whole battle came back to me.
deep everybody involved nearly reason somebody successful
One reason we've been so successful is that we have such a deep team. We get everybody involved and we have somebody different come through nearly every night. We've got a very well-rounded team.
people prime
The prime directive is to keep people safe.
division target
Our division is very strong, and we've got a target on us. We used to be the hunters, and now we're the hunted.