I think the reason we scored so many goals is that the defense played great the past two games. They set up the offense for us.

Our defense was excellent, and that's where our offense starts.

There's got to be a reason we're not pulling these games out. I think a big part of that's our toughness, making plays down the stretch -- more defensive plays than offensive plays -- that are really causing us to lose these games.

We're gifting games away. Any team that gives goals away like we did is going to struggle. Defensively we were naive, it was frightening at times, to be honest.

Basically, it's our defense. In the past two games, we weren't ourselves out there.

It's fun because it has that tradition. We've had some pretty intense games in the past.