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NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: FLYERS v LIGHTNING


May 10, 2004


Robert Esche


TAMPA, FLORIDA: Game Two

Q. What happened when it looked like Malakhov clipped you in the neck, can you tell us what happened and how you're feeling now?
ROBERT ESCHE: No, I was fine. I just got a stick in the neck and, you know, got me pretty good in the beard, I've got the beard. Just something like that, as a goalie, you always think of stuff like that, what happens. I was just more concerned with that than anything else, but it was fun.
Q. How big of a deal is it for you to come back to Philadelphia having won one on the road in the opening two?
ROBERT ESCHE: We treat every game the same. We've been well prepared all year long, and headed into tonight's game just like we did the first game.
Obviously, it was a little more important to head back with 1-1, but on the same hand, I think we were prepared in both games.
Q. What were some of the major adjustments the team made in front of you tonight?
ROBERT ESCHE: People that know me from Philadelphia know that I don't really talk about that. I'm not a guy that talks that much on how we play the game and stuff like that. I just kind of, you know, worry about what I've got to do. Sorry.
Q. Did it help you at all when you went up 1-0 after just two minutes?
ROBERT ESCHE: Yeah, whenever you go up a goal early in the game, it's going to give everybody a lot of emotion and it definitely lifted us up pretty good today.
Q. What do you think that meant to John LeClair to finally get a goal, since he's probably been pressing for a long time.
ROBERT ESCHE: I've got to be honest, I don't think I could tell you one of our goal scorers today, I don't pay that much attention to it.
If Johny scored, I'm sure that's a big burden off his back. But he's a professional. You know, stuff like that doesn't get to the other guys, the older guys.

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