My dad introduced me to the game, gave me a stick. Since then I've had a passion for it.

Dreams are so important. You need to have big goals and expect a lot of yourself but you have to enjoy the ride too.

I don't think you're human if you don't get nervous.

It's tough, it's not the scenario that we wanted for sure. I thought our desperation was there, we worked hard, but it was one game, a lot can happen, they're a good team, and unfortunately we didn't win. We had some bad bounces, and in one game those make a big difference, and unfortunately it didn't go our way. But if we play hard like that, we play desperate like that and control the puck the way we did down low, I like our chances against any team.

I'll be the first one to admit my first couple of years I was pretty hard on the refs.

I look at it as a challenge, ... I'm not going to put too much added pressure on myself. I want to play in the NHL, and after that [happens], I can worry about things beyond that.

It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey.