“Well, a good thing it was a three-period game. No, I thought Ryan Fanti had an outstanding game for us, kept us within distance. Our first 40 minutes wasn’t good, but that’s what a team like Denver does to you, they don’t give you a lot of room and we didn’t respond very well. We had spurts but they were carrying the play. And he had made some big saves, and we were fortunate it was one, nothing going on the third and we talked about that [inaudible] one-goal game and got to go win the third period, and a power-play came through again and we got a big win. So last two nights, it’s been our power play in the third period that’s carried us, but we got to start putting together more of a 60-minute game as we go along here.”
On the play of sophomore goaltender Ryan Fanti, specifically: “The first period, [inaudible] I looked up, I think they only had four shots, but three of them were point-blank. They were great chances and then he made the saves, and that probably gave him confidence, too. But he was seeing the puck well and he did play with a lot of poise and calmness. I thought our team wasn’t playing with that calmness like we need to, and he was, thank god. But, again, it’s a great sign. It’s something I talked about last night. Hopefully, the Omaha game, [inaudible] getting that under his belt and winning, it was a good confidence builder for him. This should be another one. And certainly, for our team, it’s a good confidence builder to see him play that way.”
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