Jack Rathbone Postgame Interview | May 3/23

Jack, special teams, it's better tonight. What changed from the first two games to tonight, yeah, I think it's a little more urgent, I think we made a little bit of film, we watched some video, but yeah, I think for us it's about everything. Recovering pucks, I think if we can, we shoot a lot. I think we have a lot of threats on both units, so if we can get pucks to the net and then get some of them back, we'll have second chances. And that's when you made them pay, probably by the third period, even at 2-1, or even at 3-2, I felt like you were still pushing the offense without a focal point in the third period to build on. to the lead instead of just keeping it, yeah, yeah, I mean, you see what happens when you sit back in those first two games, so it was important to play a little bit more alert, they've got a good team.

They come back, they transition well, so if we can do a little bit of play in their Zone, it'll be a little bit easier. Did this series go to a new level tonight the way it was played? Yeah, yeah, I think it was uh, I think it's always like that. been at that level, I think it was, uh, I think part of it is our crowd, um, and it's a great atmosphere to play in, they step it up and, uh, we love playing in front of them, so it's, uh, It's, I mean, I think. There are two of the best teams in the league here, so this is why you play.

These are the games you want to play in, so the coach talked about the fact that every game you played against them was kind. So, even in the regular season, the level of discipline that you guys had tonight was there, but I also think that the commitment to win tonight was no different, you knew you had to win, but there was something different about the timing, yeah, yeah, I mean. It's hard to say, um, I think we went into every game, um, I think we were probably playing a little bit, no, I don't want to say lazy in a negative way, but lazy in the sense that we knew our battery was going against the law. and I think when we start overthinking the game, that's the death of us, so we made some plays where we were able to get parts of the net, try to generate traffic in front of a really good goalie and then, that's when you can go to pay for the dual posts in the five months, a lot of people in the building felt like the second one could have gotten in, right?

Yeah, no, we, um, I think we had a lot of opportunities in that, in that four on three, five on three um situation, so I hope to continue to channel them doing that and maybe they'll just go to the next game, so what does that mean? for the group to see that you know your points leader with Christian Milan and the top scorer with Linus Carlson? so they find the back and then early, what does that mean for the group? Is big. I think like I said, I think we have a lot of options on the front and on the back for the guys that um. can break out at any point, so, to get those guys going, I mean they were going anyway, but you know, when I know, when you contribute, it's uh, you get a little more jump, you get a little more, uh, wind, you're almost there.

Feeling a little bit, so I love getting those guys going and hopefully that helps the group.