I thought that the power plays made (gaining) momentum very hard. There wasn't much flow to the game. It made it hard to do anything, for both teams.

I thought I was acting, not improperly, but in the best interest of the county.

The second most important thing for the first half of the season was the character and leadership in that locker room. They all get along.

It starts with attitude. Getting rid of the jerks. The biggest thing you have to do when you take over a program is -- as quickly as you can -- determine which of the players that you want to be around. Which of the players that want to be players and go from there. It's tough because sometimes you have to get rid of good players.

I think it's experience. Most of our (key) guys have played three years in the league minimum, which is huge.

Kitchener may be the class of our conference. Erie always has a good team. They do a good job of reloading. We'll be playing in two very tough buildings this weekend.