Post-Game Reaction from the Minutemen

Hockey
Joe Meloni

Kevin Jarman
“It first started with me and Will Ortiz just exchanging the puck. He did a nice job taking the puck to the front of the net. I went backdoor and it scooted out to Jordan Virtue who set a nice backhand on net. I was just fortunate to come pick up the garbage and put it over the goalie.”

“To be honest I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet. Obviously after the puck went in I went kind of berserk. Back home shooting pucks, it’s the kind of thing you dream about.”

Matt Anderson
“We left last week with a bit of a sour taste but we felt like we worked hard. It’s a team game and it’s a real credit to our team to overcome and comeback this week and continue to fight. Having played last week and it going to into two overtimes, it was a pretty comfortable feeling. We knew what we had to do. I think we definitely benefited having played that game last week.”

“I think that when all is said and done and the season is over maybe we can look back. I don’t think now is the time to do that. We’re just kind of feeding off the energy that we’re creating. I feel really privileged to know that maybe we’re paving the way for somebody else, that’s pretty special.”

Jon Quick
“There’s a thin line between winning and losing and we learned that last week and again today. Just a bounce of the puck this way or that way could decide your fate. It’s a lot better being on this side.”

Don Cahoon
“Jordan [Virtue] has done a great job for us. As a lot of people know that follow our program, he’s only played in about a dozen games and a lot of them have been in the last month as a result of Marty Nolet being out and our decision to move Mark Matheson from center back to defense full time.”

“We have a little tradition where we give ourselves a hand for a good performance and normally when we’re in two game sets we don’t do it until after the second game. But I let these kids enjoy it a little bit. I told them that the win was all about them and it’s about each other. That’s been kind of a theme for our team all year is each other. We use ‘EO,’ it’s on the back of our tee-shirts. It’s something we talk about in our locker room, we’re doing it for each other, it’s about each other and when we walk out of that locker room, it’s important that we leave it there and they get themselves rested and prepared to take on another challenge tomorrow.”