Our team played with great balance tonight. If each line can go out there and keep the tempo at a high level, it makes it very difficult for the other team to play against that. |
Over the course of the four years, as much as the kids have grown, I think on a personal level it's been the same. I've grown. I've gotten more in touch with the college student again, what they go through, what their demands are, and being able to relate and delegate to them some of the authority that they need. So I think there's been growth. |
Overall, it was as simple and effective as we've been in a while. |
Playing outside has a uniqueness about it that is hard to relay. The sound the skate makes when it cuts the ice. The sound that the puck makes on your stick when you catch a pass and you slap a pass. It's a very unique game on its own. |
Redemption is a great motivator. |
Robbie has had disappointment in his life before and he's always bounced back. |
Sometimes he does get pulled down, but the fact is, he does have that reputation. |
Sometimes it's a good thing to pay attention to your intuition. |
That early goal (in the second period) really took us another notch down in terms of anxiety that we had. We started to skate more freely and do the things were capable of. That was a big step. |
That was the best start we could have hoped for. |
That's a big factor, the recruiting factor and being able to state that we have the highest average attendance and what a great building it is to play in. The other thing that it does is, for our guys, they (the fans) become a factor in the game. We can feed off the energy that they give us. |
That's a college hockey game that everybody in the building will be talking about for a long time. |
That's a college hockey game that everybody will be talking about for a long, long time. When you play in a game like this, the will has to be greater than the skill and the will of both teams not to give in was just tremendous to watch. |
That's going to be one of the things we talk about. Who's going to turn up the volume? |
That's how you win tight ball games. |