I'd have to say that the team defense, starting with Brad (Roberts) in goal, has put us in a position to win each game. I also think that we are starting to reap the rewards of scheduling some tough teams at the beginning of the year.
"Brian Riley" is an United States/American ice hockey coach and the third consecutive member of his family to coach at United States Military Academy/Army.
More Brian Riley on Wikipedia.You always worry about coming off a long break. We knew the first goal was going to be big.
Being in this position is something we haven't been in.
He has the ability to win a game by himself back there.
In our league, we want to be the toughest team for anyone to play against, ... My hope is certainly to have this team continue to get better so we will be playing our best hockey come the month of February and lead us into the playoffs.
We needed to create some energy at that point. We knew we had half of the game left. We had to find a way to get the job done, and I think the players responded.
Our forwards were able to control the puck down low. The effort was certainly there tonight.
This win was big for a lot of reasons. I told the guys that you will only have one opportunity to play on 'Derek Hines Night'. Now we can all look back fondly on this game and know that we came away with a 'W'.
We need to shake that sense of impending doom, ... To do that, we need to be physically tough, mentally tough and disciplined.
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