“It was, oh, thank God, you know? But that’s why we worked so hard with Rick [Davis, director of sports performance] and the strength guys all summer. So you could deal with that. So your lungs can handle it. And so, like, when that’s happening, I just, I try to slow my breathing down. Like, just relax. Like, just calm down. It’s going to be okay and just like really try to let my eyes do all the work, instead of my body, and not go chasing and not go running around. Try to conserve as much energy and just play a lot smarter than a lot harder, you know? And guys were unbelievable blocking shots, you know? We got trapped out there, it’s not easy for anybody, and and we survived, you know?

It happened against Colorado, actually, and that was a great learning lesson. Because it happened against Colorado and I’m playing super hard, I’m not playing smart, and then I give up a goal with no screen from the blue line. And it’s like, that’s exactly why you have to just calm your breathing down, calm your mind down. And see, I told you guys too, you know, you get lit up in Colorado and then you learn so much when you get lit up. And of course, if you get lit up, Husk isn’t going to want to play me. So I had a lot of time to work on things and I’ve been working with Barbs [Jason LaBarbera, goaltending coach] and it worked out, you know? I took a lot of lessons from Colorado and I used them tonight and it worked out, you know? I did get a little bit lucky with a lot of the posts, but you know, we’ll take that. Some nights you’re gonna get lucky, some of you’re gonna get unlucky. That’s just the chaotic nature of the game.”