Tom Gilbert Quotes (23 Quotes)

When you've got a guy like Elliott between the pipes, he's like a brick wall. He's making every save we need. He's giving us all the confidence in the world.

He's a great leader for us. In the locker room, he's the guy that gives us a spark when we're down. He's a tremendous leader. He's got a great voice and people listen to him. All he's here for is to win, and the guys follow in his footsteps. He's always there to lead everyone and put in his voice. That's why he's the captain the last two years. He's played that role to perfection.

It just really depends on how he's feeling and how the surgery goes. This is obviously pretty major surgery. They're going to wait and see. We should have a better idea by Friday.

It's his first game back in a month and he looked good out there. He made the first save and did what he had to do.

It must have been because of senior night that the puck went in for me. It was fortunate for me that that goal went in.

He has got all his confidence back since before the injury. I think his confidence is even higher now than it was in the beginning of the season.

It's good learning for us this weekend. It's a tight race down to the end in the WCHA, and it doesn't matter who we're playing or where we're playing. We can't take any game lightly the rest of the year.

We will let the judicial process run its course. Anything beyond that will be handled as an internal team matter.

He can do it all, especially this year, he's proven that. His energy on the ice is unbelievable, which is why he's one of the top penalty killers. Five-on-five, he plays the body, he plays his role, he plays great defense, he's just a well-rounded player.

In the second half of the season, we'd get scored on and we'd get down. In these last eight or so games, we've been good at staying positive. Tonight was a good example of how we respond. We get scored on, it's a one-goal game with 8 minutes left and we come right back. We're relentless. We're never going to stop, all 60 minutes.

Just the atmosphere in the locker room Saturday was unbelievable. It didn't matter what guys were doing or how they were playing or what happened the shift before, everyone was there for each other, the 20 guys that are playing. It was just a feeling that we knew we weren't going to lose. As of right now, we still have that feeling.

If you have a goaltender that can make big saves like that, it motivates us and keeps our spirits high.

Coming from our freshman year, we've come such a long way. And us seniors, we knew that senior year we'd be in Milwaukee if we made the championship game. It's a dream come true for us. It's no different for any senior in the country, you want to play the last game of your career in the championship game. And we're ready. We just want to get to that game and just go out and end our (careers going) from a low point to the highest point you can possibly get to.

We have enough confidence in him that we know we can win games with him. And he knows it too.

You could say you get frustrated at officiating, but you can't let your emotions get you down. It was frustrating for me, and I took my game to a new level. I let the refs get to me, I let the players get to me. I've got to learn, personally, to relax and go out there and keep working hard and keep doing the things I do well.

Maine is a mirror image of us. They play hard, they've got great defense, and they've got great depth. It could come down to special teams.

That was our fault. We were running around. We had no idea what we were doing. It was frustrating because it was happening every power play we were out there. We didn't know what guy we had. It's something that we're going to have to go back and work on, and teach ourselves that we've got to get better prepared for any team's power play because we just weren't ready for it.

It's the best feeling, with me being a senior in my last game of my career. This is the best feeling ever. This is the best group of guys, best university, best fans in college hockey, best coaching staff. This is a dream come true.

It was definitely a wake-up call for us. It was good for us to realize that any team can come in and win, that we've got to be ready and we've got to be going all three periods.

At this time, Sargent Sargent is handling the security aspect of it.

We've got to be aware of where he is on the ice keep him to the outside. He's got great vision, so we've got to know how many guys are coming down on the rush on us. We've just got to be ready.

It was a great defensive game, the pitching was great on both sides. Today we got the key hits at the right times and we hung on for seven innings to win the game.

I honestly found out about halfway through the year how special the group we have is, because everyone on this team's a leader. Our attitude in the locker room and on the bench is so positive. It was unbelievable because every guy was involved. This journey has been something I'll never forget.