“I've played with him for eight years and a bit, and he helped me win a lot of hockey games with game-winning goals. Playing with him for that long and getting to see lots of his goals was a real pleasure.”

“Four goals is a good night for us, but we should have had more. We let them back in the game, but we continued to attack and that made us more dangerous as far as getting that fourth goal.”

“I think getting an early goal helps any forward. He has that killer instinct. Once he gets one, he wants them all. ... He was different class in front of the goal today.”

“Hopefully that's a big confidence booster [for Tillotson]. She's playing some of the best soccer of her career, but the goals just haven't been there yet. We need her and we need her to score goals.”

“We start advertising in late January for the March event. Last year we had about 350 participants who raised $20,000. This year our goal is to have 450 participants with a goal of $30,000 raised.”

“It's always easier to play with a two goal leader. That was especially true tonight because right before we scored, we were fighting the puck. The goal gave us more confidence and relaxed us.”

“Our goal is that all of our students will complete an internship. We know and understand that it may not happen fully in the first year, but our goal is that within a period of one to five years, all students will be involved in an internship.”

“My goal is definitely a gold medal. I always have high expectations for myself. I'm seeded second in both events, but my goal is gold for both. But it will definitely be a close race in both of my events.”

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“Our goals are still the game. We want to win the SCC Quinnipiac Division, defend our conference title and win the Division I state championship. Those goals will now be harder to attain, but they are still attainable.”