Chris Cichocki Quotes (29 Quotes)

That's a situation where we didn't match up well, and Idaho is a very good team you can't make mistakes against. I never felt we really played well against them.

The key thing about Nathan is that he's one of those guys who gets in position to give you an offensive spark. He's been one of our most consistent contributors.

We set the 20-win mark a week or so ago, and we can still make it if we play well down the stretch. The team has embraced the idea.

They are our closest rival, and the games have been competitive. I know are guys would really like to see what they can do against them at our place.

It's a tough loss to take, but we had our chances. We played well most of the way.

Whenever you have success against a team, it helps you a little bit, because there's proof you can get it done against them. You definitely go in thinking you have an opportunity to beat them but only if you bring your best game. This is a very good team.

We can't say we didn't have our chances, and I thought we did a lot of things well. I think we should have won the game, and it's frustrating.

He's a great player. He can really make a difference in a game.

We're continuously trying to improve our offensive abilities, and Ned provides an instant boost to our offense. He's a talented, offensive-minded player with excellent scoring touch and playmaking skills.

I was skeptical of that call, but the officials didn't cost us the game. It was a great game, and Florida made the plays it had to make.

That's the way it looks now. The best way to describe Jake is to say he's day-to-day. We hope he can play, but he hasn't practiced in a week.

This was a pretty rough game. We certainly had our opportunities to win it, and once again a couple of mistakes, especially on defense, cost us. And we hope Jake is OK.

It's been an odd trip, and you normally don't have this type of wait between games. We've had a couple of very good practices.

It's good news, but I think it's best to let Jake rest and let Jeff go out there on Wednesday. It's the safe thing to do.

In the next five weeks, we have a lot of games at home and many of them are against teams in our division. If we want to jump into this race and get that last spot, we have to cash in at home and win hockey games.

We couldn't find anyone, and the team knows Dave from the times he's skated with us. You hope in this situation that Dave doesn't have to play, and the plan is to have Jeff play the entire weekend.

Mike's a good skater with quick hands, and he's one of those guys who has the natural ability to be in position to score. One of his main strengths is following his own shot. He's great at being in position to get the rebound and put it in the net.

I've been talking to the head coach (of the Triple A team) in San Antonio and he said Phoenix is in a lockdown. You call and no one answers the phone.

I think Maris is going to come back with a lot of confidence and give us a nice jolt of energy. It's something that we really need right now.

We've played well down here, and this was a huge win. It's huge for the morale of the team, and we hope we can feed off the energy.

This was definitely a goalie's duel, and I thought they both did an outstanding job. That was definitely what I call a goalie win for San Diego. Lawson played as well as I've seen him play.

Here comes another one of the stud teams, so we'd better be prepared. We have had a tough schedule, but you can't worry about that. We just have to concentrate on getting better.

I thought he was a very good skater with skills, and I like his work ethic. He's one of the first guys here every day.

It was great to see Maris out there. We're proud to have someone from the Thunder at the Olympics.

For us to have an opportunity to win, our goaltending has to be outstanding, and Jake was certainly outstanding last week. It's great for the franchise that Jake won this award.

We've got to protect our house.

He's strong, and he's a fast skater, and he's really going to help us on offense. He can make things happen around the goal.

When you see a team several times in a short time span, that can happen. You have two teams who play hard-hitting aggressive hockey.

He's a big, physical guy and someone worth working with. We think he'll help us.