Quotes by Dave Esse

“I thought they deserved to win, they had more good chances to score. I thought it was funny that people had written (East) off at the beginning of the year. They play such a tough schedule that we knew they would be back.”

“Ive been here for 15 years and this is the toughest the section has been top to bottom.”

“It was more of a confidence-level boost than increasing his ability. Hes a good goaltender, but more importantly hes a good person and a great student.”

“After the first period and a half, we should have had seven goals. We played very fundamentally sound hockey.”