Alex is definitely not a practice player. He's a total gamer. Once a game starts, he's ready. He's cool as a cucumber. In my opinion, he was the difference in the sectional final. |
Alex Suchon is a great example to all other young athletes that it's not only a matter of getting an opportunity, but what you do with that opportunity. |
I can't speak for the kids, but probably every one of them, if given a choice between being on the first team or Player of the Year or going 16-0 in the Valley for the first time would pick going unbeaten. |
I couldn't have asked for anything better. All I wanted for them was that 20 years down the road they don't have any regrets. They left it all on the ice. They couldn't have played any harder. |
I don't think they had as many chances, but they capitalized on the ones they had. Hats off to them on that. That is the game of hockey sometimes. |
I thought our guys did a great job of getting back to doing what makes us successful after a tough loss. I don't think we had the first period we wanted. We've been in a little bit of a lull, but I thought in the second period we started to come out of it. |
I thought we had some other guys who deserved to be in that mix. |
I wasn't nervous. It was no big deal because we bring three of everything for situations just like this. How bad would that have been if he wouldn't have been able to play? |
I'm happy for Travis and Brandon to be nominated for first team all-state. It's nice to see those guys get recognized on that level. Those guys were a big part of our success this season. |
In the second period we turned the tide. We started doing the little things that make us successful. And that led to the big things, which is goals. |
That chapter is over. We've talked about how now the second season begins. I think our special teams are playing as well as they have all year. I think we have a chance to go deep in the playoffs. |
That just goes to show what kind of kid Travis is. He'll do anything he can to help the team and not say a word. |
The main thing I was happy about was that we had a nice distribution of scoring on our goals. You don't want to have to rely on just one line, and we seem to have nice balance on all our lines. |
These kids know what is at stake, and I think we were a little nervous. They're good. I think Everest has made one of the biggest climbs during the season. A couple bounces of the puck and we could've been down after the first period. |
They have the pressure on them being the No. 1 team. All we're worried about is our guys and playing our game. |