"It's kind of like an old saying: A tired hockey player is a dumb hockey player ... way we will end up at the end of the year with a big smile," he said. "It's not as easy as it sounds ...

"That's a hockey player, eh?" the bench boss said with a smile after Utah's 5-2 victory. Keller took teammate Michael Kesselring's deflected shot to the face in the second period and headed down ...