The other team was disciplined. We weren't. You give the other team a five-on-three twice [in the second period], and you shoot yourself in the foot.

We talked as a team that his was a big game. If we won we'd be up by 10 points, if we lost we'd be up by six, so we wanted to put some distance between the teams behind us. It doesn't matter how pretty the wins are, we have to get as many points as we can.

I think we played nervous at the beginning and we were tense. We know they're a team that's struggling, but that's a dangerous kind of team.

We graduated five starters and eight kids in all from last year's team (which made its second trip in as many years to the state playoffs). Even with that nearly every kid we have on this year's team played some varsity last season.

Anything can happen in a loser-out game. But I had confidence the team could win three games and make state.

We have to make sure our players are disciplined to the point, where they can't put themselves or their team in a situation that's going to cost their hockey club goals, momentum, whatever you want to call it.