Intro:

Paul MacLean reacts after the Ottawa Senators defeated beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on in the NHL's Heritage Classic at BC Place.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English): Paul MacLean, Ottawa Senators Head Coach, on if the closed roof effected the atmosphere:

"Well, not from our point of view. We thought it was a great atmosphere. The venue was very well put together. I thought the ice held up. I didn't have one player ... The only guy saying the ice was bad was the (Vancouver) coach because he wanted them to not turn over the puck. I thought the ice held up very well, so it's a good job to (NHL Senior Director of Facilities Operations) Dan Craig and his staff and to the NHL for putting on a great - we were very proud to be a part of it, and obviously when you win a game like this, it's a big thing for our organization and for our group and I think we all really enjoyed it."

SOUNDBITE (English): Paul MacLean, Ottawa Senators Head Coach, on how Ottawa can use this win as a springboard to the playoffs:

"Well, we have to keep winning. If you want to get in, you gotta win and we got to get ready for the next game. We really enjoyed this one - as much as we didn't like the game versus Detroit at home - we enjoyed this game, we get a win out of it, now we got to turn around tomorrow and go to Edmonton and get ready to play another difficult opponent and we go day-by-day, game-by-game. We still think we're going to like where we are after 82 games."