I don't think they had as many chances, but they capitalized on the ones they had. Hats off to them on that. That is the game of hockey sometimes.
That chapter is over. We've talked about how now the second season begins. I think our special teams are playing as well as they have all year. I think we have a chance to go deep in the playoffs.
That just goes to show what kind of kid Travis is. He'll do anything he can to help the team and not say a word.
I thought we had some other guys who deserved to be in that mix.
I can't speak for the kids, but probably every one of them, if given a choice between being on the first team or Player of the Year or going 16-0 in the Valley for the first time would pick going unbeaten.
This was a tough one to swallow. We weren't satisfied just to get here, but it's an accomplishment to get down here. I'm satisfied with how we played. We deserved better.
They have the pressure on them being the No. 1 team. All we're worried about is our guys and playing our game.
We were just trying to ride out the penalty kill and not give Rapids any momentum. We didn't expect the shorty, but it was huge.
In the second period we turned the tide. We started doing the little things that make us successful. And that led to the big things, which is goals.
The main thing I was happy about was that we had a nice distribution of scoring on our goals. You don't want to have to rely on just one line, and we seem to have nice balance on all our lines.
