I think after we played together (for Canada) at the world championships we had a taste and it was a lot of fun. We thought it would be nice to experience it for a whole season.

We came out pretty hard, then had a bit of a letdown in the second period. But we battled hard in the third.

I've been in New Jersey for a long time, a lot of memories, and to make a decision like this is difficult to do,

The Stanley Cup finals, that was a good lesson for me,

On the road we get a point tonight and that's all right, it would have been nice to get the other point.

Both teams want to win so bad. I think their team got a little frustrated and things happened. It's a big win for us. We know they're a very capable team. They've had our number early in the season. We had a better team effort from everybody, and we needed it.