NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS: MIGHTY DUCKS v DEVILS

June 5, 2003

Mike Babcock

COACH BABCOCK: You know, I have no idea. I thought the first period was as wide open as it's been. I can't really say. They earned their goals by throwing them in the net. They hit people. We can talk all we want about bad luck or a bad break on the bounce. When you're running around in your own zone and the other team is going to their own net, that's when those things happened. We didn't do a good enough job in our own zone.

COACH BABCOCK: I don't know. I didn't -- well, I mean, which one was it?

COACH BABCOCK: I saw it in between. It was a good goal. I mean, the kid tried to stop it, it hit his foot, and it went in. Good break for them. He was going to the net though.

COACH BABCOCK: I didn't think we were resilient the way we could have been. I thought the Chistov penalty was kind of a -- we didn't seem to react well after that, after the obstruction call in the neutral zone. I didn't think we reacted very well from that point on. I don't know if we got distracted by officiating the goals that were bouncing in. You start saying to them how come they're getting the breaks? But they get full marks for that.

COACH BABCOCK: I don't think it should be either. We talked about it coming in here. We thought we were really prepared. We thought we got off to a good start tonight. I really thought they were just coming and working and they got a lot of good breaks tonight. Like I said to you, they earned them.