I think that Corey Neilson has summed it up perfectly... he's said that there's a difference between losing and failing. The Panthers lost... they did not fail. More than that, they massively over-achieved in even getting this far.
And what a night... one hell of a game, one hell of an atmosphere - one that none of us are ever going to forget.
It's been one hell of an adventure, but it's over now. That's life. Now we just have to turn our full attention to domestic competitions. This could get interesting...