These kids never quit and everybody played great. Derek has been a big player for us all year and he deserves to score that goal.

It was another nervous night. We'll have to step it up a little bit come (state) tournament time.

Eric has been the backbone of this team. He has been hot for the last month and a half. He is making key saves at the right time. The key to going far in this tournament is goaltending. If you have a hot goalie, then there's a good chance your team will go far. Eric has been playing great for us. He is one of the best goalies around.

We made a couple of bad passes and they were able to take advantage of them.

I think the second and third lines are playing pretty well. They had a couple of good opportunities (last night). They've hit a few posts the last couple games. I'm not worried about them.

Nobody wants to sit down against Danvers. That's tournament-style hockey. We've got to get ready so we can try to finish the Northeastern Conference schedule undefeated.

Mike was outstanding. We asked him to do a lot, and he came through. He has been playing good hockey for us. Eric also made some big saves. We needed those two guys in the final period.