I like our chances against Des Moines, I really do. I think we match up well. We're not playing an opponent that had their way with us. We were pretty darn even with them.

I think we played great a great match. We got countless scoring chances but weren't rewarded in the end, just punished,

The real players are still not playing in the marketplace and I think the (low) volume is indicative of that.

We played even with a great team in the second and third periods. But Omaha is a team that plays with a great desire to win for a full 60 minutes. We didn't do that.

We're in the hunt, there's no question. We have a very big game against Waterloo on Thursday, and we still have two with Cedar Rapids and two with Des Moines. The thing is, we are in striking distance.

We were very good defensively. We made really good decisions with the puck to make them not have too many odd-man rushes, and Neville made some key saves, so I would say it was a team shutout. We protected the net really well.