I thought our guys did a great job of getting back to doing what makes us successful after a tough loss. I don't think we had the first period we wanted. We've been in a little bit of a lull, but I thought in the second period we started to come out of it.
I'm happy for Travis and Brandon to be nominated for first team all-state. It's nice to see those guys get recognized on that level. Those guys were a big part of our success this season.
I thought we had some other guys who deserved to be in that mix.
In the second period we turned the tide. We started doing the little things that make us successful. And that led to the big things, which is goals.
The main thing I was happy about was that we had a nice distribution of scoring on our goals. You don't want to have to rely on just one line, and we seem to have nice balance on all our lines.
Alex is definitely not a practice player. He's a total gamer. Once a game starts, he's ready. He's cool as a cucumber. In my opinion, he was the difference in the sectional final.
We scored on three of our seven opportunities tonight and if we do that every night I will feel pretty good about our chances.
That just goes to show what kind of kid Travis is. He'll do anything he can to help the team and not say a word.
These kids know what is at stake, and I think we were a little nervous. They're good. I think Everest has made one of the biggest climbs during the season. A couple bounces of the puck and we could've been down after the first period.
They have the pressure on them being the No. 1 team. All we're worried about is our guys and playing our game.