CHRIS PRONGER Q. Chris, I know you've won a Stanley Cup before, won a gold medal. Which is more rewarding, in your mind? CHRIS PRONGER: I think the Stanley Cup, just because of the longevity of the season. The length of time, from the time training camp starts, all the way through to the end of the year to Finals; it's almost ten months and summer months is training and preparing for that season, it's a whole calendar year. And it takes a lot of effort and a lot of mental and physical pain, turmoil and all the rest of that stuff to get it done. The Playoffs become a whole other entity and battle of attrition, and there's injuries and momentum swings, and all the rest of that. So tale of two seasons, really.

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MIKE RICHARDS Q. When a coaching change is made, quite often just the coaching change is good. Beyond that, how is Peter able to get you guys to buy in as fast as he did at this point? MIKE RICHARDS: I don't know if it worked initially. Peter's system is very aggressive, and it almost took us a month, maybe two months, to figure it out, where you're doing things second nature and you don't have to think about it very much. And you're just pretty much playing instead of thinking it. But once we got it down, it's obviously an effective system.

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MICHAEL LEIGHTON Q. Do you remember your one game this year against Philadelphia for Carolina and how are you a different goalie than you were on October 30th or 31st, or whatever that day was? MICHAEL LEIGHTON: I remember that game very well. It was actually -- my daughter was born the day before that. So it was a pretty exciting day for me, and I had late travel coming into Philly.

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DANNY BRIERE Q. Do you remember anything, DANNY, about the 6-1 game where you beat Carolina with Michael Leighton in goal early in the year? DANNY BRIERE: We did that? Q. Apparently.

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COACH QUENNEVILLE Q. I know you've discussed sort of the differences in this city and this arena. But can you give us maybe a reference point of when you played Chicago Stadium, and then maybe seeing it get to where it was, and how everything has kind of sprung back to life when it comes to the Hawks and hockey in this city? COACH QUENNEVILLE: Well, it was always my favorite place to play in the League. Had a lot of personality walking up the stairs, the Anthem, the enthusiasm in the building. It was a very tight quarters in the corners and not a lot of space. The game had a lot of pace to it and had a lot of intensity to it. It wasn't that long ago, but it's amazing the memories of playing in that building.

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