I think we played a full 60 (Sunday). I think we were tense the first game and we couldn't bury our chances early. That was the difference in the game.

It's only been 10 days, but it was hard watching the other night with a close game like that. You're a little bit more motivated to play against a former team and coach, so it's definitely a plus to get a playoff goal early and get the monkey off my back.

You want to send a message, you're going to meet these guys later in the playoffs. It's going to be a physical contest between us, and we're going to take no prisoners.

We haven't played well for a full 90 minutes for a while now, the last game (against Austria) was a step in the right direction until David was sent off. We need a good performance to lift everyone. There was some doom and gloom even though we've qualified.

I don't think any point was proven. We played well the first game and came out ahead. We played well (Tuesday) and came out ahead. At this point in time in the season, we are just trying to play good baseball.

We had our chances in the first five minutes to win the game, and we didn't bury them. That whole game could have been a different game right there.