I had a great experience and I did dress and tried to play the first three or four shifts. It didn't work out and that was frustrating but you've got to look at the other side and see the opportunity here.

Our guys played well. It was a great experience. They have to get wound up to play in the bronze medal game now. That always doesn't seem that enviable when you're preparing for that game, but long-term, not everybody has an Olympic bronze medal either.

There is no way we can script what they're going to experience. But hopefully we can give them some tools to use when they assist a military family in their darkest hour.

A lot of these teams we've lost to simply have more experience than we do. But these guys know in their heads that they're playing better volleyball now than they were at the beginning of the season.

Brett is familiar with our organization and has experience at the NHL level. We know we can count on him to help our defense.

It has been a huge task to combine the staff, resources and experience of the two teams into one outfit but I'm confident that we will be fully prepared for some very solid results as we build our momentum throughout the year.