NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS: CAPITALS v RED WINGS

June 16, 1998

Viacheslav Fetisov

Kirk Maltby

Larry Murphy

KIRK MALTBY: Great shoulder shoots, injury there, came back, hurt it again in Dallas series, he played through it, a lot of guys played through injuries. We came out with a huge game tonight.

KIRK MALTBY: We got so many guys that have experience -- with the captain that we have, with Stevie, I mean he kept everyone's emotions in tact. We went out tried to give ourselves a win and couldn't ask for a better chance than we had.

KIRK MALTBY: I mean all year we have had Vladi in our thoughts. A lot of people thought with him gone we wouldn't be able to do it. He was a great inspiration for us. Seeing him tonight it just tops it off.

KIRK MALTBY: You can't describe -- what is this, the eighth one now? He is a technician of hockey. He knows everything about hockey. If it wasn't for him, it was just as much him as anybody else why we won this.

LARRY MURPHY: I didn't hear any whoops after that. Just a tremendous accomplishment for this team. I am just so proud of everybody. Obviously for Sergei and Vladi's situation. It was great to see him out there with the Cup, just a wonderful moment.

LARRY MURPHY: They are all the same to be perfectly honest. To get your hands on it, it's the greatest thing, you never take it for granted. I thought last year would be my last, then all of a sudden, you get another one. They are all special and unique in their own way, you couldn't pick one over the other.

LARRY MURPHY: Great to see him. It just tears your heart out when you see the situation he's in. I'm so happy he could be here with us. But he has such a fight ahead of him, it's just hard.

VIACHESLAV FETISOV: Like I said -- happiest Vladi was I ever see him in the last year or so. We did something right for him, he was surrounded by his family and friends it was a great, great moment. I didn't expect him to go down to the ice. It was unbelievable on both parts, on Washington and especially fans from Detroit. It's a special thing. It's not just a hockey thing. It is probably more than that. We can show the rest of the world it's not only hockey team, it's something else.