Because of injuries and call-ups, we needed an unbelievable performance, and he had it.

These three guys represent the veteran leadership of our club, ... We feel that with their experience, especially at the NHL level, as well as their work habits at practice every day, that they are right guys to lead this club. They will have a major role in developing our team's identity and work ethic.

I've got another year on my contract, and they've always treated me great.

It was being installed when this whole thing blew up. Some of it is in some of our county buildings and some of it is in our warehouse still.

They play hard and show up. They've got some quick kids and a pretty good mix of skill and grit, as they do every year, and that can be the difference at this level.

This is a muddy situation with a lot of issues, ... As a company, we are feverishly working to resolve all of those to everyone's satisfaction, including Butler County, because frankly I don't think anyone benefits with the situation escalating beyond what it already has.

As far as the forms that do contain my signature, I was only verifying my knowledge of the documents and the funds available to the county, since my office was overseeing the Fiber Optics Project. I was always clear to representatives from Dynus that the Commissioners, and only the Commissioners, may act as contracting agents for Butler County. If my signature was used improperly by outside agents, it is extremely unfortunate... The Commissioners know that in 10 years I have operated a highly professional office with full integrity.

It was a huge character win, ... We didn't have our A' game tonight; we were a little sluggish early. But we really got our legs going in the second half of the third period.

At the time that all these agreements and the documents were executed, everyone thought they had authority to execute those agreements.

We do not understand Commissioner Furmon's motivations in calling for an FBI investigation. Based upon what we've looked into thus far, we haven't seen anything that would appear to warrant that type of action or an FBI investigation.