We've done this the last couple years over Christmas break, won our tournament and gotten on a run and started out in conference really well. I think we can do that again this year.

We worked hard over the break, practicing every day including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, on coming out with more intensity in those quarters. The third quarter has been our nemesis all year long and we played well in the third quarter tonight. I think that made the difference in the ballgame.

We're excited. It's Christmas vacation and all we have to worry about is hockey.

When I was growing up, our whole family used to get together at Christmas, but we hadn't done that for some 30 years, ... Some of us got together in North Carolina last year, but this is the first time everyone's come up here. Everybody wants to see the game.

We melted down a little bit during that stretch.

Those other guys have a case, too, but I think he's very close to those five guys. If he's not in the top five, he's got to be sixth. Personally, I still think he belongs there, because I've seen what he does every game.