Our three ECC games were all one-goal losses. We still have our goals in front of us in terms of trying to make the state tournament and win the ECC championship.

We were up 6-2, gave up four goals in the third period, took a 7-6 lead, lost the lead in the last minute and then lost in overtime. But what a difference it was from the first game. We're really close to breaking the ice and getting a victory. I can only think positive.

Our morale is still high. We enjoy each others' company, and that counts for a lot.

The tournament is a great idea. It gives every team something to play for aside from winning a four-team regular season division. It's for bragging rights in the area; it will draw great crowds and it should generate publicity for a sport that lacks publicity in southeastern Connecticut.

I knew we might be in for a rough night but I thought we'd play better than we did even missing six players. Guilford is a solid team and they really outplayed us from the start.