We play a schedule of 30 to 35 games, and we've been told we're comparable to some small colleges and community colleges. We have to make cuts because so many players turn out. All of our guys have solid backgrounds in high school or community college ball.

The best way to not let Yao Ming beat you is to not play against him 82 games.

We were going to play these games even if it was in a rice patty or a cotton field. If there is anything we can do when we are down there, we are going to do it.

The easier games, I usually don't play up because they're resting me up so I don't get hurt. My ribs are still hurting a little from when we played Flagler (in the district final) . . . and I didn't even know if I'd be able to play today, but I went out there and got the goals for my team.

At this time of the year, any time you can play at home, whether it's your playoff games or an NCAA game, I think it's a benefit to your hockey club. If you get that home game, whether it's some years maybe at the Kohl Center or maybe at the Cap Ice Center or at the Eagle's Nest (in Verona), it's a good thing.

He didn't play any football, he played seven games I think, for us last year.