Scott Knutson Quotations

She's been our leader all year long. That's who we lean on for our offense and she didn't disappoint today.

Holly's a very good offensive player. Her strength is her scoring. She takes the puck hard to the net, her skills are as good as any player I saw in the state this year, and she's very competitive.

I was disappointed in the calls near the end. I think I heard a whistle, and the girls on the ice thought they heard a whistle, too, but they can't do anything about it. South St. Paul showed why they are a true champion. Being 55 seconds away from a championship is disappointing, and it is tough on our girls.

I thought our third goal was huge. But they turned the tide, scoring twice to get right back in it. But our fourth goal broke their backs.

We're trying to find a way to reach newer folks that haven't cruised before that want to take multiple vacations during the year. This gives them the option of taking a four- and five-day (cruise). Four-day is over the weekend, so you only lose a couple days of work. Five-day gives us the opportunity to go a little bit deeper into new ports of call.

Crookston really took it to us in the first period. Holly had a couple of chances and she buried the puck both times and that was really the difference.

Special teams were the difference. Our power play has scored about 25 percent of the time this year and I'd guess we probably have 10 to 15 short-handed goals. We spend a lot of time working on those areas. And we have some very skilled players.

You're 55 seconds away from a state championship. The girls are devastated.