NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS: CAPITALS v RED WINGS

June 9, 1998

Doug Brown

DOUG BROWN: It is important. You could never put too much emphasis on how important it is to start off well. We had some -- I thought we played well sporadically. It was sketchy tonight.

DOUG BROWN: That is Red Wing hockey. We all play a lot of different positions and a lot of different lines. We can't worry about where or when or who you are playing with, just you get on the ice, do your best. It is never an easy series. You get to professional sports at this level and you are playing for a championship, it is never easy. It is two good teams out there playing awfully hard and it means an awful lot to everybody, so, nothing comes easy.