NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: RANGERS v FLYERS

May 23, 1997

Ron Hextall

Q. Have you ever seen a Playoff game with that wild an ending?

RON HEXTALL: That was pretty special. That one. Kind of a timely goal by Eric.

RON HEXTALL: Well, he is a great player and great players do great things and they do things at certain times of the game and he certainly came through tonight as did a lot of other guys. I thought we got away from our game a little bit and the third period was kind of hairy, but that is the way it goes sometimes.

RON HEXTALL: Just keep the puck out of the net. I have always said when I start thinking too much I am in deep trouble so you just try and react and when you react and you are really not thinking about what is going on, it is just a matter of being out on the ice and playing the game.

RON HEXTALL: Again, I thought they were pretty calm on me again tonight. They were loud there in the third period a little bit. But, probably not.

RON HEXTALL: I think tonight, you know, being I think it was powerplay goal; was it? Right at the very end of it. Getting that shorthanded goal, I mean, when you are going into that powerplay, obviously, if you say we trade goals, we would take it because obviously we are shorthanded. Druce just scored a huge goal it was disappointing for them to come back and score. But, you know, again, we responded in a real positive way. We didn't get down as we could have. And we did a good job through the end.

RON HEXTALL: I guess that is probably a fair statement. We got into some penalty trouble in the second period and we responded, I think, as a team and did a good job.