We've gotten a great effort every single night. They say coaches lose the close games. I must be missing something; I wish I knew what it was.

Hockey is its own game. It's completely different than all the other games, although it's getting way too close to soccer.

I was telling him (Sunday) night, he's probably Coach of the Year. Coming into a new situation with players he wasn't sure about and to have them playing as hard and as well as they are, I think he's done a wonderful job.

We just can't find the way to close out games in the final two minutes. Our effort was there again in the entire game, but our mental lapses on both ends of the floor cost us a good chance at a victory.

In the last two games, we made a conscious effort to hit line drives. The guys did a little better job at the plate, which was encouraging.

We have a tough stretch of games coming up, and hopefully we can build on the effort we put in on Saturday and move forward and finish the year strong.