Greene postgame quotes (June 9)

Matt Greene’s postgame thoughts…

(on losing two in a row with a chance to clinch…)

GREENE: “It’s disappointing, but they don’t hand this thing out. It’s difficult. It’s hard to do. It’s a test, and you’ve got to be the better team to close this thing out.’’

(on the mood of the team…)

GREENE: “We’re up three-two.’’

(on what the coaches said to the team after the game…)

GREENE: “Let’s get home. That’s it.’’

(on facing some adversity…)
GREENE: “We’ve been lucky in the playoffs, keeping series (to) low games. You’re going to lose two games in a row. That’s why you work hard to win three. That’s it. Right now, we’ve got the advantage going home. We’ve got to look at it like that, and get our game going.’’

(on frustration about hitting the post so much…)
GREENE: “No. There would be more frustration if we weren’t getting chances. Obviously it’s frustrating to go through the game and hit those pipes, but at the same time, you’ve just got to keep plugging. Keep plugging, and those are going to go in for us.’’

(on the difference now, from the first three games…)
GREENE: “Putting pucks in the net. I think that’s it. We’ve been playing the same. I think we had some fortunate bounces going our way in the first three games. The last couple games, we’ve hit some pipes. We’ve just got to keep plugging away and get the puck to the net. They’re playing great. They’re playing good hockey. They’re getting their chances and locking it down. They’re playing good defensively and their goaltender is playing really well for them. We’ve got to find a way to solve it.’’