NHL ALL-STAR WEEKEND

January 18, 1998

Mike Modano

MIKE MODANO: Just to watch him go up and down the ice together and score that goal was really the focal point and climax of the whole game.

MIKE MODANO: Somewhere, somehow, they're going to be back together somewhere playing. Who knows? But they're very close. They've done a lot of things together. They've grown up together winning. I'm sure this isn't the last time you will see them.

MIKE MODANO: I don't feel sorry for them at all. Looks good on him. Came through for me.

MIKE MODANO: Definitely, always have good bragging rights. Have to wait another year.

MIKE MODANO: Yeah. It was exciting. A lot of good things. Focal point coming up for the Olympic Games. It was fun and different.

MIKE MODANO: Not really. I think once you get out there and you're playing, you're playing to win. We all had to fly a long way to play. Once you're here, you might as well win and play. I think the guys felt like that. We had an early wake-up in the first period. Tied it up after that, kind of didn't look back from there.

MIKE MODANO: A little bit there. For the most part, it was (inaudible) NHL. It was fun playing with some of the great players in the world and our country. Different format, but a different player.

MIKE MODANO: Trying to get something out of me, squeezing me (laughter). I don't think anybody would have felt any different. We wanted to win, and Hitchcock, looks good on his record. That was the main thing we were going over.

MIKE MODANO: It was fun. Keith is always a pleasure to play with. I just told Keith, he's big, can't move himself, try somehow to get the puck to him, get some good shots. Scored a few for us.