Marty Laroche Quotations

It gets frustrating at times, but I do like our team and I believe we're heading in the right direction. It's just a matter of using those lessons learned and applying them the next time so the same mistakes don't happen again.

It depends who we're playing against, but I like to put in some special units with power plays. That's usually what gets us going.

We got things going in the second half (of the season). We knew coming in we had the talent. It was the matter of guys accepting new roles. These guys had minimal roles in the past. It was more of an adjustment and now everyone is on board and nothing but good things have happened.

This tournament is up for grabs. This is the first year that I've been involved that five or six teams have the capability of coming out on top.

We've had a lot of guys thrown into roles they weren't accustomed to, and when you do that they may play well one night but then struggle the next. What were striving for is to get that consistent effort night in and night out. When we don't show up mentally, it shows on the scoreboard.

There was no question we had good chances, even with our goalie pulled.

It seems like when things are clicking offensively, we're playing well defensively, too. And when we're not doing one well, it seems to backfire and everything goes wrong. We're trying to find the right balance.

Conditioning is a big part from the goaltender perspective. It's also repetition and facing as many shots as he can. He did a good job of that (last) summer, getting himself more confidence. When you haven't played that much, that's what it comes down to is a little bit of confidence and he's done a really good job from that standpoint.

If you took away the top players on any high school team in Columbus, I think they would struggle to compete. But the way that we played last weekend was very satisfying.