A lot of people that don't get an opportunity to see him play, they just look at the scoring leaders and say he's just an offensive player. But Tyler is not afraid to go make hits, he's a terrific face-off man, he's a good penalty-killer. |
Anyone who says we are a one-line team hasn't seen us play too often. |
At the beginning of the year, the kids' goal was to win states. |
Down the stretch, everybody seems to bring up the fact that we kept getting behind after we hadn't done that all year. But the shots were 33 to 7 after two periods. Falling behind really meant nothing to us. It just meant we had to work a little bit harder. |
He played a great game. I think our guys were pressing a little bit . |
I expected a one-goal game, but I didn't expect it to be 4-3. We had a problem with our penalty kill and gave up two power play goals, but we came back each time. We needed a game like that. |
I think he has the potential of playing junior hockey somewhere. If he has a strong playoff performance, he can open some eyes. |
I think we have a pretty talented group of players with a lot of skill. |
It's a little more subdued, I think. I think the kids have always been pointing to the state championship, and this is just another step of getting there. They're happy that they won, but they're focused on the next game. |
One of the kids put it best. Scouts aren't going to watch losing teams play. |
Our boys were confident, and they worked hard all year, but this wasn't a one-time thing. This was a culmination of all the work and all the focus we put in the entire year. |
People say we are a one-line team because that one line is so dominant. We have some high-profile players, but we have more than just those people. It's a total team effort. |
That's one stat that you can really look at and say everyone on the team had a part in it. It's a complete team effort. |
There's been a number of (local) kids that have been picked up by Junior A teams. |
We felt we had control of the game even though we weren't playing too well. I thought the kids were pressing, but we were confident coming back in the third period. |