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An interview with:
BRENDEN MORROW
Q. Obviously, you guys don’t want to go back to New York now, right? Is that the approach you have to take for a Game 6?
BRENDEN MORROW: Yeah, same as Montreal, they're great cities to visit. You want to take advantage of this game, and we know it's going to be the toughest one. The elimination game is always the toughest. But you want to have success and play the type of game we did, and worry about keeping the puck out of the net, and we always find a way to get some.
Q. How were you guys so successful, last night wasn't a typical Lightning type of game really?
BRENDEN MORROW: No, been run and gun, it’s not really typical of what we wanted to do from day one in training camp was this team can score. We get opportunities, and we want to limit the chances against, and we kind of left Bish on an island a couple games before last night.
But last night I think it was just focused on back pressure, taking time and space away.
Q. Did you think of it almost as an insult that people are saying Tampa can only stay run-and-gun style, this type of team? Do you guys have something to prove, not just yourself, but even the outside world?
BRENDEN MORROW: Not really. I mean, I'm not sure how many guys listen to what you guys say a whole lot anyways. Shouldn't go there, I guess.
I think we've proven all year we can kind of win it anyway. If you look at our elimination game against Montreal, that was from start to finish the best game I think we've played all year defensively.
So I know we can do it. We don't always prove it, but usually the biggest stages the biggest games, our best efforts come out.
Q. Do you expect the nastiness and chippiness to continue?
BRENDEN MORROW: Yeah, I think you look at our series, and I don't think it's as nasty and chippy as the other one going on right now in the other series or the ones we've been in previously. There is a lot at stake. Emotionally, everyone's involved and engaged, and sometimes you can cross the line.
But it's a war, a battle. It's competition, and competing. Everyone's trying to win. Sometimes the emotions get the better of you, and sometimes not.
Q. At what point did you feel like the defense settled in last night, during the first period or second period?
BRENDEN MORROW: Well, I think we got a good sense of where we were going to be at with our penalty kills early. I'm not sure what our percentage was previous to last night's game, but it wasn't very good. And I think those were a couple big kills in the first, if we had two or three, I'm not sure of the number, but Bish was huge back there. Guys were eating pucks and blocking shots. You could see pretty early on, the desperation there. You could see it in our game and we were willing to block those shots and compete.
Q. Talk about that willingness. Was there a conscientious effort before the game to get out there and make sure you sacrifice yourselves? There was one play you and Boyler were going out at the same time.
BRENDEN MORROW: I think, yeah, right from the start of the game, Paquette had made a big block earlier, and guys were really willing to, like you said, sacrifice and do whatever it takes. We're going to need that type of effort and more for this next win.
Q. Would you say you guys played better as the game went on?
BRENDEN MORROW: I think, yeah. We probably settled in. There may have been a few more odd-man rushes early in the game and had our feet under us a little bit and knew what was coming at us. Maybe even forced the other way and pushed the issue getting pucks 200 feet and trying to hem them in.
There were times we took some on in our zone, but we kept them to the outside and Bishop did a good job of stopping the shots. I think their "D" were boxing out and keeping the rebounds away.
Q. You’ve played in this League a long time, played on some good teams, what about this team might be different? Might be similar to some things?
BRENDEN MORROW: Well, what stands out is the youth, I'm not sure the average age, but it's pretty young. Might be the only guy with gray in the beard right now. So that is the biggest thing.
But the speed and the youth of the team is a huge issue, but a big difference of things that have been in the past, but I think the maturity of them and they've all seemed to won at some level. They know what it takes to win championships, and the willingness to compete and battle. Not the biggest guys, but they compete harder than the competition.
BRIAN BOYLE
Q. You know just how good Hank and the Rangers can be in a Game 7, but is there extra motivation to end this one here?
BRIAN BOYLE: It's going to be obviously a tough game. Last game was a tough game. We have to understand the momentum and all of that, and it starts fresh now.
We also need to understand when you're a desperate team, they’re a dangerous team. So we need to match the desperation.
Q. What is the emotion? What is the mindset going into Game 6, knowing that you're one win away from getting into the Final?
BRIAN BOYLE: It's the opportunity we've put ourselves in. We're a good team. I think we know that. We have confidence in that.
If you look back on the wins that we've had, none of them have been really easy, so it's understanding the challenge that faces us, the opponent, having respect for them. But we need to focus on what we've done well and what we can improve on and come with the right mindset for Game 6.
Q. You guys were in the same situation in the Montreal series, up 3-2 – chance to close it out. What was the approach in that game?
BRIAN BOYLE: Yeah, we had a couple of chances to close that one out, so it might be a little bit different. But, again, it's an opportunity to move on. You think about one game at a time all throughout the playoffs, and it can't be any different here.
But, again, if you accomplish what you set out to - what is waiting for it on the other side of that is a pretty special thing.
Q. With your size, you're not the typical Tampa Bay Lightning when people think of a smaller, speedy team, but ??
BRIAN BOYLE: We've got a number of big guys on our team, wouldn't you say? Four or five guys over 6'5".
Q. When people think of this team, I think they think of the Tyler Johnsons, the Kucherovs, Palat, obviously. What kind of message do you think you're sending? We know the NHL long been a copy cat league?
BRIAN BOYLE: I think those guys play as big as anybody though, to be honest with you. Those guys are hard on pucks. They play, they commit to both sides of the rink, obviously. Bigger guys just have to try to play to your strengths as best as you can. And there’s a few bigger guys on our team.
And if you look at a guy like Hedman, how big he is, how strong he is, the way he skates and makes plays with the ability of smaller, quick guys. It's amazing how he can skate.
For us, it's all about knowing what your role is and trying to accomplish that and help the team and whatever it is you're asked to do.
Q. How much did you guys talk about the PK last night as the key to victory?
BRIAN BOYLE: Oh, quite a bit. It just needed to be a heck of a lot better than it was, and I think it was. It was sure a little more attention to some details and commitment to making sure we killed the two minutes off and simplified it.
But, again, the chances to come up where you can maybe try and get a shorthanded goal, that's important to the season. But when you're reeling a little bit and giving up two games, we want to get back to basics and do a good job of it.
Q. When you don't give up the goal, the momentum kind of swings on your side?
BRIAN BOYLE: It can, yeah. I mean, again, you don't want to be hemmed in for two minutes letting them bomb away, but we did a pretty good job of limiting their chances.
Q. Talk about the commitment to blocking shots. I was wondering if you and Callahan had the same shot?
BRIAN BOYLE: Yeah, it's frustrating when you get your shot blocked. I know that. When we see guys block shots on the bench, and everybody’s up, it's a momentum shift, I think, for your club. I think it picks everybody up.
So to be able to do that, I think, it just goes into our contact of team defense and making sure we do everything we can to keep the puck out of our net.
Q. How good is it to be a part of a complete effort, defensively outside of the PK?
BRIAN BOYLE: It just feels great. At this point it just feels great to win games. We've just got to keep winning.
COACH COOPER
Q. What adjustments do you expect the Rangers to make for Game 6?
COACH COOPER: Oh, that's way too hard a question for the first one. I don't know. I think, I don't think I have the answer for that. I'm worried about our team out there.
Q. Any adjustments you guys need to make or you're pretty happy overall?
COACH COOPER: Much happier. I think as a coach you're probably never satisfied until you completely get through the series, but we took big steps yesterday in being the team we need to be to win. We just looked after our net a lot better, although I'd like to have the puck a little bit more.
I think the third period, we were clearly trying to protect the lead. But a little bit more sustained pressure probably helped us out a little bit, but to be honest, I sit back and look at what we did last night and I’m really pleased.
Q. As a coach, I'm sure you don't look at the consequence if you were to lose a game, but how important is it not to have to go back to New York?
COACH COOPER: Well, that speaks for itself. I think everybody in our locker room would love to not have to get on a plane again. It's not so much that we're scared of a Game 7. We've gone through those situations in this playoffs. I just don't want to get on a plane for a while. That is the nice thing.
I think all of you would probably agree. That's part of the grind I that I think people are just constantly traveling. That’s why they are remarkable athletes to be able to put on a show and keep themselves fit and grind games out the way they are, and especially with traveling and stuff like that.
Q. One game you get asked about the triplets another about Stamkos, is that just a sign of a good team?
COACH COOPER: I think you have to have depth. We're not here without it. It starts with Bish, our blue line, and you have to look at the scoring depth. To have more than one line getting it done and be a threat, now you put a little more pressure on them to not only play defense against us, but also try and score, so it's like a double threat and a big reason why we are up 3-2.
Q. When you lead the league in goals that becomes your identity whether you want it or not, but that wasn't the story yesterday. Talk about those PK people, and all year the job that they do.
COACH COOPER: Well, special teams just gets magnified in the playoffs, I think usually the way special teams works. And they have a good percentage in the game, and we did that last night, like the Rangers did in games before.
It's a little bit of pride for those guys. You challenge them and kind of call them out a little bit, and they rise to the occasion. Our
PK has been solid all year, and I think they were taking it to heart a little bit that they were going to score on. Our PP has been up and down. They seemed to come through when we've needed them to, and it's no different last night.
Q. You guys had Montreal in the same spot?
COACH COOPER: To me they're three completely different series. Backs against the wall in the Detroit series. We had to win two elimination games. The feeling of Game 6 in the Montreal series is probably a little different because we were up 3-0.
This has been a back-and-forth series. We weren't tied 2-2 in any other series. So I don't know, it's kind of a different feeling. I think the farther you go, we've gotten more comfortable as a team together. I think your roles, guys' roles have been defined more. Everybody knows, really, as a coach and the people we've got here, everybody knows what's going on and who's up and who's going.
It's a lot of fun to watch, just to see the progression from training camp until now. They're a fine-oiled machine right now, and it's just fun to be part of it.
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