Their goaltender bailed them out big-time. It's just one of those things where it escapes four sets of eyes. It's a shame because we certainly earned it.

Comeback hockey is very tough this time of year. I didn't think we came out moving our feet; they did. The first one (goal) we kind of gave it to them. You could tell we just weren't focused. I hope that was a good wake-up call for them (his players). There's no excuse for that.

We've had our eyes on this series for quite some time and always believed that with the formation of this partnership, that the fighters and the fans would be the beneficiaries. Come November 17, fans will be treated to a main event that has the future of two fighters on the line the winner fights for the IBF light heavyweight world championship. That's what boxing is all about big fights.

I am emotionally drained. The injuries kept on occurring ... but what an effort by our guys.

It's always a difficult season when a season ends. I thought we put it all out on the line. It seemed like when we made a mistake, we paid for that mistake. They capitalized on our breakdowns.

We want to take advantage of the opportunity that we're playing at home for the last weekend of the regular season against two very good opponents. What better way to get tuned up for playoff hockey? I see this weekend as being no different than how we're going to have to play in the playoffs. We want to finish as high as we can. We don't know what opponent we'll have, but we don't want to be complacent. We want as many points as we can get out of the season.