He took pride in his work - a lot of pride. He wanted it done right.

I take great pride in showing that I'm able to step up in key times. My role is to score goals and put up numbers.

We're just going to try to make it one day at a time. I'm going to miss him terribly. He was a character.

He was just somebody you could talk to and carry on with. He could pick at me and I could pick at him.

Our attitude going in was we had to take it right at them. We had to get the ball in the middle of their defense. They're hard to score against. If you shoot jump shots you're in trouble.

Skating with the team is a step in the right direction, so in that sense it felt good. I'm assuming that Peter will be back for probably a game, and hopefully I can play a game or two in the exhibition. It's definitely important to try to get everyone going before the start of the year.