In the game we had here, they played an extremely aggressive game. They were still trying to find their identity. They've had some big wins, none bigger than Boston College last week. |
It hit Joe the right way on his stick and bounced the wrong way for us unfortunately. We'll be back. A lot of those guys in the room certainly remember what happened last year against Dartmouth; lost the first game and came back and won two. |
It wasn't that he just made saves. He made some huge saves. I wanted to check in between periods that there wasn't Plexiglas behind him there. |
It's a confidence thing. You look at it; wide-open nets, you squeeze the stick so tight you put it wide. You keep pressing and all of a sudden you make mistakes defensively, too. |
It's a great opportunity to get into a competitive tournament situation before jumping into league play. We really want to use these games to hone our systems and skills. |
It's a little change for us. They have the targets on their backs. They're No. 2 in the country and No. 1 in Hockey East. |
It's probably one of the stronger tournament fields. In setting up a tourney, I asked for three teams to come to the tournament where anyone can win it. Dartmouth's playing extremely well and Bemidji and Clarkson are both excellent teams. |
Jaime is one of the toughest competitors in college hockey, yet off the ice he is one of hockey?s finest citizens. He has had a major impact on the growth of community service participation during his time at the University of Vermont. This is a tremendous honor for Jaime, his family and the university. |
Just really disappointed in the third goal; it really took the wind out of our sails. That was just a really soft goal. |
Merrimack played their hearts out and certainly deserved to win, but it's frustrating when we have so many opportunities two weeks in a row and we just can't find the back of the net enough. |
Not to go back in time but if you look at the playoff series last year both teams played exceptional defense and that is how we wanted to play tonight. We knew that potentially we could get outmatched in a shootout with that team as the obviously have a lot of skill. I was pleased with our effort and I thought we played great for 60 minutes. |
Our guys know they're excellent. I watched their game against Harvard on CSTV and I thought they really outplayed ... (Harvard) and looked to be the better team in all facets. |
Our kids all year really battled and I congratulated them, especially the seniors, for doing just a great job under all that pressure. |
The biggest thing is we want ... to play our style. A couple of road trips in Hockey East -- the BU game, the UNH weekend -- we didn't play to the best of our ability. A lot of that, I think, is we give teams too much respect because they're part of the infamous top four. |
The guys know he always puts them before himself. He's one of the best defensemen in the country, and he's always worried about the other guys. |