He's one of a kind. I don't know of any other offensive lineman who can start only seven games in his career at a position and earn this type of award. This is a pretty phenomenal award, and Jeff is a pretty phenomenal player.

Losing players like Bolts, who was one-of-a-kind, and Fig, who was a two-time all-league player and every bit the bull that Jeff was, is tough. But we've got some guys who can play.

Jeff is quick enough to play guard, strong enough to play tackle and smart enough to play both. You can't have enough players like him.

It means a lot to win six games in a row. We can compete with the best teams in the league. I think we are a playoff hockey team. We proved over the last six games that we can play with anybody.

We've won a lot of games before, so you don't want to get really excited about a first win. But it's hard to not be excited when your first win comes 13 games into the season, after Christmas. This is what we want to use as a springboard as we get hot and heavy into conference play.

When you go into the back end of back-to-back games with eight players, it's tough.