I think if we had scored early, it might have been a different game. We had a lot of chances and sometimes they just don't go in the net.

That was a big momentum switch for us. We hadn't been getting any good bounces even though we were playing well. The Leitch goal was a good bounce and you need to have those if you're going to win games.

We talked about it as a team - that a point in November is as big as a point in February. It just didn't register and that's something we figured out that we have to do better next year so we can move up in the rankings.

Colgate has some good hockey players and did a great job tonight.

I thought Boucher was the best player on the ice that game. He was always around the puck. I kept noticing him on what seemed like every play.

That?s a big-time goalie right there. If we scored early, it may have been a different game. We had a lot of chances. Sometimes they don?t go in the net.

It?s hard to know what will happen. Will the first game add fuel to the fire, or will it go in the other direction and be a letdown? But I think this is a nice rivalry and something to look forward to for many years to come.

It?s an exciting time, but I keep trying to ground myself in anticipation of the real big event of opening the building. I found that early on, I?d come here and you want more things to get done, and then you come back a couple weeks later and there is more done, but you realize it?s something you can?t control. You just have to stop worrying about it and wait until we drop the first puck.

It?s hard to feel good after a loss, even when you play as well as you can. It was a game we could have won.