Andy McDonald Quotes (15 Quotes)

Right now every win feels great. Were playing for the playoffs it's right there for us if we continue to play well.

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The coach told me to work on the right side and up the middle, but I just saw one down the middle every time and stroked it, I guess.

I just think we have to get the intensity up at the start of the game and get motivated. Treat these like playoff games, because that's what they are for us.

It's playoff hockey for us. We can't take any night off, it's such a tight race.

It's always good to get the lead early. We've struggled a bit with that this year. Tonight I thought we played well once we got the lead and we shut them down.

Ryan did a good job getting it started. I thought we had really good puck movement on that, and it wound up not being a pretty goal, but we'll take it.

We've put ourselves in fairly good shape now. We're not in the top eight, but we're right there. If we want to do it, we can do it.

The day off yesterday helped. We had a little bit of fun and it showed tonight. We were fresh on the ice and we had a little jump to us.

We have a pretty good balance of new guys and guys who have been here before. You look to the guys with experience to tell you what to expect. It should be good.

I try not to think about it too much. Usually if you do the other things, the little things, the one-on-one battles, and focus on some of the other things, things take care of themselves. When you're on a streak, you try not to evaluate it too much. You just go play your game.

The advantage is we finished on a good note, so that winning feeling is hopefully instilled in this locker room.

We've got to put this one behind us. We've got one more game on the road against Vancouver. You can't stress the importance of these games. We need these points for getting into the playoffs.

It's disappointing. I know we came back to tie it, but right now that's not good enough. We had the 4-on-3 (power play) in overtime and had some chances. It's a bit of a letdown.

On a different occasion, maybe when it's not our second night, I think we have a little more jump. We were not as sharp mentally as we normally are. They're a good hockey team, but so are we. I think if we play them in the playoffs, we'll be ready and I think we'll give a better performance.