Rob Sumner
Rob Sumner
breathe concerned good middle mind sigh start sure
In the back of my mind I was a little concerned about a letdown because you can breathe a sigh of relief. I'm not sure if that's what happened, but we had a very good start and then didn't play well in the middle of that game.
good needed played third until
I didn't think we played well, especially in the first period. I don't think we really played well until the third period. ... We were good in spurts, but there is a lot of things that needed to be better.
chance losing middle ourselves tend thick tight
Even with our losing streak, we're right in the thick of things, right in the middle of a tight division. We just have to keep plowing away and give ourselves a chance by doing all the little things right. When you do that, things tend to change.
continues giving hold obviously power recipe
That's obviously not a recipe for success. The power play continues to hold us back. We're not giving up on it, we'll continue to try different things and different personnel.
building critical early game saw
It's a game of momentum, in this building especially, and we had it early and they battled back. They got it back with two power-play goals, and we never saw another one. We made some critical mistakes, and they capitalized.
beat best ironic
It's ironic that their best scorers didn't beat us. It was just our own lackluster play.
couple hard matter nice playing points
It wasn't just a matter of them having a couple of points in those high-scoring games. When they play hard and play well, it's nice to see them get rewarded, but they were playing well before then.
capitalize chances good ourselves played team
They're a good team and they played well. We just didn't capitalize on the chances we did have, to give ourselves a chance to win.
counted
They counted it, so nothing we can do.
hard simple tonight worked
It was a simple approach, but effective. We worked hard tonight and so did they.
ability clutch goals player produce says score shown
It says a lot about a player who can produce in those clutch times. He's shown the ability to score big goals at the right time.
moving nice sign team
It was nice to have our whole team on the ice. It was a real sign of us moving ahead.
both early edge good great key pay played player start took
I think we both played hard. Dubinsky is a great player and he made us pay early and that took the edge off what was a good start for us. We played well. We just had some key breakdowns.
both liked pick
We liked both players. We didn't pick up one to get both of them here. We think they're both very intelligent young players.