For us to make this comeback, we have to be more aggressive, show more aggressive play. They just seemed a little bit tight this morning. Tomorrow they need to come out firing hard early.

We were a little timid this morning, I could see it. This afternoon, I saw some good play out there.

This weekend is like a Big Ten weekend. Both teams are solid. It should prepare us for Big Ten play.

Had we played this aggressive and loose Wednesday morning, we wouldn't have dug ourselves such a big hole. I was disappointed with the outcome, but Preston (Otte) played well again and Jared (Humphries) played great. Jake (Blair) played well, too.

In Coal City's previous game, they ran that play where they put a guy in motion and then threw the screen. Dylan read the play and came up with the interception. That was the dagger.

Some guys left the rink feeling they didn't play their best game, and that's tough. It didn't happen. We didn't get in synch. All year we've had a tough time when we don't score the first goal. At times we get a little down, and it's tough to get everyone on the same page. We would have loved to get to the semifinals, so that's disappointing. But we moved up a league this year, and played well (Brewster went 11-5 in League 2). Four of our losses were by one goal. So overall, the kids shouldn't be disappointed. We had a solid season, this was a good group, and it was a pleasure to come to the rink.