Hak's comments:
People here sure got their money's worth. Doubts either coach loved the game, but it was an entertaining one.
Saw some veteran mistakes, that concerned him. Penalties, hockey sense type of plays that got Mankato back into the game. We were fine at 3-1 until we did a couple of things that weren't very inteligente. We weren't responsible with the puck.
Brad had a heck of a night. Big smile on his face. On Wed after practice we talked for a few minutes and was told he has to give Hak a reason to leave him in the lineup. Tonight he gave us a reason to leave him in the lineup
Grieco, nice performance for a young guy. Wanted to get him through the first period and settled in. Very solid performance for his first time out. End of the second period he made a big save on their power play... read the play very well. Made a few other big saves. Probably one goal he'd like to have back
Thought we moved the puck better tonight. Did some good things in the offensive zone. When we were up 3-0 we certainly could have been up by a couple more. There were a few times that we were a little rattled. When we start the game with the intensity that we did tonight you're gonna be able to battle through things.
Had five or six shifts in a row that were really good, scoring wasn't just out of the blue. Showed some backbone there