"That's one of my favorite things about tonight," Manson explained. "After they scored that first goal there was no change in the mentality on the bench. It's easy to get deflated when you feel like you're playing well and you get a bounce like that and it ends up in the back of your net, but there was a response right away. That's such a good sign for a team. That's a good team across the way there, they have a lot of returning guys that have won and know how to win so it's easy to get deflated, but we found a way."
The win featured a full-team effort from the extent of Colorado's lineup, where the whole group was dialed into trusting the process and executing every detail - no matter how micro - to the best ability possible while keeping the big picture in mind.
"We've talked to our team all year long about being resilient and being mentally tough," Bednar said. "We came back and got back to our game. We didn't capitalize on the power play, but just kept doing what we were doing throughout the course of the 60 minutes. Eventually, we felt like we'd have a chance to break them down and get the winner. Our guys believed it. They worked hard. They got the winner and they earned it.
"We got the job done tonight," Bednar continued. "Now, onto the next."