At this time, everybody believes that anybody can play with anybody and do not get here by not believing in themselves,

I think we're going to be harder to play against. We're going to be more physical, and there's going to be more of a price to pay to come into our zone. Players won't be poking around our net as much as they did last year trying to get rebounds because I think we can make them pay. And we didn't have that last year -- we haven't had that for awhile -- so that's going to really help us. I think our strength is going to be on the back end.

We came out ready to play. This was the first time in four years that we beat Bloomington.

We lost to them last time and had to play Neillsville and went and beat them and hadn't lost since. I'm confident that our kids will rebound, but it's not going to be easy. Four of our last five games are on the road, so we've got to do our job.

We're playing a bunch of young guys, and I just believe that every time they play and get more experience, it's going to make us better. That's not a lot of consolation for some of the seniors in our program, but I've been in this situation before, and I know we're making progress as a program.

Were very pleased to have Lauri under contract at this time. Kings fans will enjoy his robust style of play. He brings a nice mix of skill and determination to the rink each night. We look forward to him to his continued development in our organization.