NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS: SABRES v STARS

June 15, 1999

Craig Ludwig

Richard Matvichuk

Dixon Ward

RICHARD MATVICHUK: We got to go for our stick. He is out there like a third defensemen and we can't have him -- we are going to have like a third defenseman we don't need that. We have to take advantage of our powerplay right now and hope we can get back in this thing, like I said, if it takes 25 or 30 minutes, that is what it takes.

Q. Craig Ludwig blocked shots, great defense turnover tonight. Go over your perspective on it.

CRAIG LUDWIG: The puck was just dumped out of their zone. It was going into our end I was just trying to throw it over to my partner Shawn and it bounce the right off the top of my stick, right on, I think it was Ward's stick, and he just shot it over the top of me. I think I screened Eddie on it and he didn't have a chance.

Q. With the goal scorer second period Dixon Ward, even your shift, line shift after the goal, seemed to be the best shift you guys had; maybe the best period so far in this series for the Sabres?

DIXON WARD: No question about it. I think we just got our energy going; started throwing everything at them and we had our defensemen really involved; keep the pucks in; that is what we have to do to create some chances.