Curtis Sanford Quotes (12 Quotes)

I want to establish myself as a No. 1 goalie in the NHL. If that's the opportunity I've been given, then it's all up to me on how I perform.

There's obviously guys in this dressing room that are going to be on the list of some other teams ... contenders for the Stanley Cup. But as a team, we can't look at that. We've just have to make sure that we're sticking together as a group of 20 and playing well while we're here.

Like Dougie (Weight) says, it's learning to win again. It's doing the little things that it takes to win, tonight was a prime example of that. The last two games were good examples of a lot of the leadership and a lot of the character in the room.

I think my play so far this season has been pretty good. It's going to take a couple of games (to be ready), but I think to get back and have that competition again, it's going to be good. Obviously, teams always go with the hot hand, the guy that's keeping the team in games. I'm looking forward to getting back and feeling like I can do that.

It's funny how clean that one went in ... just right in the middle of the net.

He was firing it from everywhere. He got a couple of nice, high-shot goals and he buried the one in the shootout, so he had a pretty good game.

We'll test it a little more intensely (today) and see how that feels. Right now, it's feeling a heck of a lot better than it did.

It's always nice to make a difference. I know I might have been shaky at the start, but to come up with a couple of big saves in overtime and the shootout ... for us to get the win, it's pretty big.

We can play the spoiler. We are going to play a pivotal role in how other teams fare in the conference.

The further into the game we got, the more control they had of it. They had yesterday off and they looked like they were the fresher team in the third period.

The coach looked over at me and told me to get in there and the blood started pumping. I felt real excited just to get in there and get back at it.

Obviously he's on fire. Even the games I've watched on TV, he seems to be getting points every night. He's an elite player.