As far as knowing the plays we've been running, we're as prepared as we're going to be. We'll take it one game at a time, one period at a time. We set goals for each period and that works best for us. |
Brookings has had a real good streak in the last few years. They have a good program. Sioux Falls has been coming on lately. They worked their way into fourth in the league standings in the last month and a half. They were seeded below us for most of the season. |
Duke had a real strong period in the first period. He kind of held us in there. |
Duke had quite a few one-on-one opportunities and faced a lot of breakaways. He did a good job of making saves and holding us in there. |
I was real happy with the way we responded after falling behind early. We've really done that all year long. We haven't gotten down on ourselves when we've fallen behind. I think we answered their goal with one of our own about a minute and a half later. Once we got that first goal, it kind of ignited a fire for us the rest of the night. |
I wasn't happy with the way we played, but we kind of hung in there. |
It wasn't our night tonight. The pucks didn't bounce our way. We need to play better at this time of year and we just aren't doing it. |
Matt's been our leader this season and faced a lot of responsibility. |
Pierre is a pretty tough team and we're pretty evenly matched. When we play teams that are fast and strong, that bumps us up a notch. We played pretty decent toward the end, but I think we can play better. |
That darn first period. If we had a game we could start without the first period, we'd be in business. |
That's who I wanted to play first. We didn't want to play Watertown again coming off a tough loss to them. Mitchell will be a pretty exciting game for our opening game. |
The goals we did score came off things we've been working on in practice. I'm real pleased that things we work on show up when it's time. |
Their goalie was there to play, and boy, he did. |
They came out strong but we kept our composure. It was a very back-and-forth game and exciting to watch. |
Those two work really well together. |