Quick Quote

Kilrea, in the Kingston Whig-Standard (link), after the loss to the Frontenacs:

"We made too many mistakes and a couple of ’em were doozies,” grumbled Ottawa’s legendary coach Brian Kilrea from an empty team bus while he changed out of his Sunday best into more relaxing duds for the one-flick trip home. (Better to watch a movie than contemplate the squad’s ninth loss in 11 road battles.)

One such doozy still fresh on Killer’s mind was a defensive hiccup that coughed up a breakaway to streaking Frontenac Chris Stewart. Anthony’s kid brother exploded out the sin bin, sped in alone and scored a beauty to make it 3-1 Kingston.

“You don’t give up a breakaway to a guy coming out of the [penalty] box,” Kilrea added, a message he is sure to repeat at practice this week. “Our goalie was slapping the ice with his stick [to signal the near-end of a power play]. Everybody in the place heard it. Our one defenceman heard it but the other one apparently didn’t.

“We dug a hole and almost got out of it, but not quite.”