Head Coach Andy Murray

Thoughts on the game

Well again, a great weekend for State. You get what you deserve, and they were certainly deserving of the victory here tonight. Both games were a battle, a couple of situations either way, and in those situations they were better than we were. They were certainly solid in their win.

First real adversity you've faced this year, how do you help the guys through it?

I think we face adversity every single time we step on the ice. We'll come tomorrow, we'll prepare to play Notre Dame, and that's our objective right now. Obviously heads are hanging a little bit low right now, and they should be, deservedly so. But tomorrow you get those heads up, you come to work, put the skates on, we'll practice and we'll prepare to go to Notre Dame and play another great team. It's just an indication to me of how great this league is, and how well-balanced. Each game in this series hung on a couple of pivotal moments, and we didn't execute and they did. And that's the way the game works.

Struggled with the forecheck

We had 40 shots last night. We turned some pucks over when we had the puck, but not on the forecheck. I thought we turned it over a few too many times, but I don't think our forecheck was as much our problem as our puck management. We have to manage the puck better. We have to be better.

Did the guys press too much after falling behind?

I've been around this sport a lot, and when you win, there's a Book of Winning, and you take it out, and you can answer all the things about winning. We played as a team, we competed hard, we battled, we were disciplined, we were good with the puck. The Book of Losing, I could pull it out and answer all the questions tonight. We were pressing too much, we were tight, we let the fans get to us, all the different things. But ultimately, we have to be better, as coaches, as individual players, and raise our level for the next game. We simple have to be better. Great fans, what an exciting atmosphere, it's a great advertising for hockey - that's for sure.

Derek Roehl

Take us through your goal that tied the game

It was a bit of a cluster. Starting right with the faceoff, they were kicking guys out, they were switching, we were switching. Beebe was there to get control of the puck, kick it into the zone, and make a nice play back to me, and I just found the back of the net.

Mood in the locker room

The guys are really down, but that's just the way it's played out right now. But we're also thinking about what we're going to do Tuesday to take care of Notre Dame and get back on track here.

Offense this weekend? Press too much?

It's pretty obvious when we've got all the lines going, and everyone's playing their roles well, we generate a lot of offense, a lot of scoring chances. There's just some mistakes that we make that we need to correct and we should be alright.