I thought they deserved to win, they had more good chances to score. I thought it was funny that people had written (East) off at the beginning of the year. They play such a tough schedule that we knew they would be back.

After the first period and a half, we should have had seven goals. We played very fundamentally sound hockey.

It was more of a confidence-level boost than increasing his ability. He's a good goaltender, but more importantly he's a good person and a great student.

I've been here for 15 years and this is the toughest the section has been top to bottom.

I'm really excited about this group. Some people thought we wouldn't even be able to field a team.

A lot of people have made light of it, but I thought we played a good schedule. Out here in the Black Hills Conference and Region 8, there are a lot of good coaches that we've had to face. They all had their teams playing hard.