The times we did get rained out, there was a show the next weekend. Most people are very understanding.

It's been a long, hard road, so I've definitely learned to appreciate what this weekend means. I know so many people who had the same dreams and worked hard but never got to this point. This is the culmination of what I believe God has put me on this earth to do, and now I hope to share my gifts with others.

Erik pinched a nerve in a routine training session last weekend.

He's good. He's always square to the puck. We have a weekend off. We'll change a couple things. We've just gotta find a way to win. There's no reason we can't score. This is the wrong time of the year to go into a drought.

The power play is always a weekend by weekend thing. We have a good understanding of what we are trying to accomplish, and it's just a matter of everything clicking.

I don't see it being a problem, ... Hopefully we play well over the weekend and take that to Houston. Because I wouldn't rule out both my wife and son going to Houston.