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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

We got the final word early last summer and it was tough news to take. Miles played a majority of the minutes a year before, but that's what high school hockey is all about. You have to find guys to replace departing players.