The level of hockey that is going to be played this weekend will be tremendous. It's a great regional hockey tournament for college hockey fans.

(The freshmen) made a lot of plays in a lot of areas of the game, not only getting on the score sheet. Guys made plays in all three zones in the rink. That's positive.

All the way through, our forward units did a good job and worked extremely hard down low. Michigan Tech is tough to play against. It was an awfully tight hockey game going into the third period. But the guys continued to do the little things and eventually they were rewarded for it.

You've got four very competitive regions. It's a great sign for where college hockey is at. All 16 teams are competitive.

I don't want to get into anything technical because I'm not a doctor. But it is season ending.

I don't think anybody was too happy with our performance and effort (Thursday) night. I thought as a team, we responded well to the challenge. I really liked the second efforts we saw in all different areas - not just the goals.

I chalk that up to nothing more than coincidence. Tonight we were just sharper offensively than we were on Friday. We didn't get a lot of chances, but the ones we had, we made count. We wanted to take one step this weekend and we took one positive step.

He's ready to go, he's ready to play. He wouldn't be in the lineup if he wasn't ready to play.

He's really gained some composure and puck poise. And he's got that big shot from the point.

Hopefully, we'll get a chance to bump into him.