Phil Martelli asked what his message to Juwan Howard is tonight after the win. “That he’s loved. And his love for the players helped them perform like that.”

Pam Bernhardson lost her “gloves-off-bench-clearing brawl” with cancer Monday. Her son Tanner, a junior defensemen at Red River High school had a home game tonight against West Fargo Sheyenne. Sheyenne’s team bus stopped at Tanners house before the game. Class Act.