NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS: RED WINGS v FLYERS

June 7, 1997

Terry Murray

TERRY MURRAY: Very proud, I look at our team and the way we played tonight, I thought probably the best game of the series. We come out and played hard. Had a couple of breakdowns ended up in our net. But, I think we showed a lot more patience and played a pretty solid, a much better game, let me put it that way. I look at our hockey club as a bunch of champions. We didn't win the Championship, but in my eyes, we are a bunch of champions.

TERRY MURRAY: I am not going to have any choice in that one now. It is over. We have got a lot to learn from these four games. I think it has been a tremendous experience for our hockey club, for our young guys, for all of us, for me, my first time here. There has been mistakes that have been made. There has been -- go take a look back and reflect on a lot of stuff. But, you do have to get a taste of it. You do have to draw a lot of good things from what happened and this time we have just had--

TERRY MURRAY: Once things are over, the easiest thing in the world to do is to second guess.

TERRY MURRAY: Detroit played great. I am not going to take away a thing from Detroit. They were outstanding in the series. They were poised. They were ready to go. They were definitely on a mission in their series here. Everyone played extremely well, shift after shift, a lot of intensity, quickness to the puck. I give everything to them. They did a great job and congratulations to the Detroit Red Wings. They have been a gone a long time without a Stanley Cup and many frustrating years, just going back two years ago with an outstanding series and losing four straight in their own Final. They learned from it. They have gotten better. They have made some changes. They deserve to win. They played better.

TERRY MURRAY: I don't think we need that kind of inspiration to, you know, come back next year. I am sure every one of the players in that locker room have seen what the festivities are all about after the game is over. We need to learn from this one. That is all. It is not how to hold the trophy over your head. It is how to get to the trophy that is going to be the most important thing to learn. And, we will improve because of these four games.

TERRY MURRAY: Well, now that we will get back, after this is over, I am sure that, you know, there will be time and we will sit down and talk and something will be worked out. And, whether there is something announced or not, I don't know what the policy of the organization is on that. But, we will sit down.