We've got a ton of work to do,. We were a young, inexperienced team, but after 17 games that's not the case any longer. We've had a tough schedule this year ? but we do every year.
Mistakes in this tournament are magnified because the level of play is so much better. Winchester's passing was excellent and we had to cut off the passing lanes and didn't.
I feel like we've joined the Middlesex League now. We're getting to the point now where we have confidence in the lines we have to play.
I thought we controlled the play in the first period and had a couple of chances early on.
I think this answered the question of why we played such a tough schedule.
We drive by the site, and the bus goes silent. Everyone is looking across the highway (Route 128), looking at the memorial.
Three power play goals and a short-handed goal does not translate into the performance you want.
We had a couple of chances in the second period where we misfired and that's where you can see the youth in the kids.
When you get to this stage, it's like a heavyweight boxing match. Teams are feeling each other out ... nobody wants to make a mistake. But then, they opened up.
They (the players) were all (at the school) last night. There was a vigil. They got to open up a little. A lot of stories were told.
They'd tried that three times in the second period, and we intercepted the pass all three times.
They have some very skilled forwards (who) really took over in the third period. We're facing a tough situation now at Waltham (Wednesday night before finishing the regular season at home against Springfield Cathedral Saturday and Notre Dame of West Haven, Conn. next Monday).
After that second goal, we had to take some chances.
The kids have worked very hard. They've really come together. The chemistry has been pretty good.