Game Quotes
WMU vs. FSU
3-11-11

Mike Leone

On his goal:

“It was just a loose puck. I got it off the wall and to the net.”

On what went wrong tonight:

“We just need to execute a little better. We didn't play a full 60 minutes.”

On what needs to be accomplished during tomorrows game:

“We just have to use our plays more to get the pucks to the net. We just have to be a lot better tomorrow.”

Jerry Kuhn

On Ferris State's goals:

“Bad goals. That's all there is to it. It was my fault.”

On what Ferris did differently:

“I think down low, they were doing what every other team has been doing. Grinding out. Trying to get guys in front to fire.”

On what needs to be accomplished during tomorrows game:

“Just play our game. We didn't play Bronco hockey tonight. We need to show up tomorrow to play our game and we'll be alright.”

Ian Slater

On Ferris State's overall play:

“They came out prepared. We knew it would be a tight game like that, grinding off the wall, and a lot of defensive pressure. It was a battle on the ice. They played really well, and beat us in our barn. We knew this series wasn't going to be won tonight.”

On Ferris States defense in the 3rd period:

“It's playoff hockey. It's going to be hard fought battles. We gave it our all out there toward the end, but we didn't come 100 percent ready in the first and second. They played a strong game down low, and their defense was very strong. I don't think they completely shut us out; it's more of the playoff mentality. It's clutch. You need clutch players to step up, and they did that.”

“Yeah. I'm still kind of scrathing my head. We had a lot of momentum at times, and we saw what we could do down low. Offensively, we weren't there completely tonight.”

On what Slater told his team after the loss:

“There's no reason to get down right now. We didn't get those points that we needed. It's playoff hockey, we have to play the best hockey of our season. We can't sit down and sulk.  We need to dial in and take it one game at a time. There's no reason to sit back, we need to re-group, and come together for tomorrow. We respond to adversity and we've proved that throughout the season.  We're going to be able to respond, and its what we fully expect with our leadership.”

Coach Jeff Blashill

Initial thoughts on the game;

I thought Ferris State did a very good job. They limited our chances. At the end of the night, we're going to have to score more than one goal to win hockey games. I thought their urgency was a bit better than ours, and that's going to have to be different tomorrow night.”

On Ferris States defense:

“I don't think anything outside of the normal. They have a number of very good defenseman. They're very well coached, and they take advantage of their speed. They're right there up there with Michigan and Notre Dame in terms of speed.  As a result, they got on the pucks more quickly than we did.  I think our teams speed is going to have to show tomorrow night.”

On the overall team feeling of the lost:

“I think initially they're down. It's part of sports. We're going to have to put it behind us and win. It happened a few weeks ago when we played Notre Dame on a Friday, and we came back and played one of the best games of our season on Saturday.  We're going to have to do the same thing tomorrow night.”

On what needs to be worked on for tomorrow:

“At this time of year, it's not as much X's and O's. It's more urgency. Theirs is coming out good, but ours is going to have to come out better.”