The speed of their forwards really had our defensemen on their heels at the beginning. They were great in the neutral zone and regrouped well.

They were relentless on the puck. The first five minutes, we were on our heels.

I don't know No. 15's name, but he's the best player I've seen in the state. The top line of theirs, they were physical, they moved the puck well. He did things at full speed that you don't normally see high school players do.

Traverse City is the best team in the state.

I'm sure at the beginning of the game we'll both be a little nervous, but once the ball is snapped everybody will be fine and I won't even think about it after that. I like the fact that we're playing Miami. I like the fact we have a challenge coming right out of the gate.

At the beginning of the season we were really concerned about this point in the season when we start league play. We've taken our league for granted a little bit the past couple of years. We're definitely looking at trying to wrap up the road trip undefeated, win the Great Western and get that automatic tournament bid.