Mel Vollman Quotations

We know what it's about and Fort Macleod has been there a few years ago too, so they know what it's about. We expect a very good game, not much different from our playoff atmosphere here. I think it'll be a great game and following us Grande Prairie plays a little bit later. I think both games will be really good.

What we do know about the team we'll let the guys know and then get prepared for a couple more days off and be ready to go Friday.

Some of our guys know them. They kind of walked through their playoffs with some high-scoring games on their end and kind of blew teams out. So I figure they'll have a well-oiled offence.

We were on the ice on Tuesday and just had team pictures and a little bit of a chat about what's happening on the weekend. The guys got their gear together and we had a light skate and basically got ready for (today).

We've been there and have come up short in the final. The draw is crucial. There are some late nights and that's what we've been in. There's no excuses, but it's nice sleeping when it's night time and not sleeping until 11 a.m. and trying to play at 3 p.m..

That's different for us and guys have to adjust to it, playing an afternoon game. I'm not sure who is going to be available for a 4 p.m. game versus being available for an 8:30 p.m. game.

I have no complaints, our team played hard. We had two hard games. Injuries are no excuse, but I have some guys that were hurting from the two tough teams we played and it showed.