Quotes by John Torchetti

“We have to get our focus on the playoffs. Whatever it takes. The commitment, the attitude, the leadership.”

“Its all about the players, they get all the credit. Thats what we needed, total effort and we got that tonight.”

“Its all about the players every night. We can stand there and tell them what to do, but theyre doing it. And all the credit goes to the players and my assistant coaches, Ray Bennett and Mark Hardy. They were fantastic. I kind of struggled on the bench at times because of the pace the game was going, so its going to take some time.”

“I was just proud of the whole team. Thats a team win if youve ever seen one. Everyone competed, and we got some great goals. I thought we were very hungry taking the puck to the net.”

“I was just proud of our whole team. This is a team win if I have ever seen one. From the goalie out, we competed.”

“That was a team win, if I have ever seen one. Everyone from the goalie out tonight just competed. That was the word for tonight, compete.”

“I think assistant coaches should be delegated responsibility and be given input on every aspect on the ice.”

“They were fantastic. Theres plenty of work to go around. Ray helped me (in Saturdays game) just getting the rust off; I was pretty much stuck into his left shoulder.”

“We played a solid 14 minutes but the bottom line is you got to play 60 minutes, its a playoff atmosphere and weve got to do a better job. Weve got to play a lot better defensively in our own end.”

“The team really competed well but bottom line is we needed the two points.”