Their kids did a good job of checking us in the neutral zone. We didn't generate a lot of scoring opportunities until later in the game.

I don't think about it. I'm concerned with how we played, but we did come back. You don't want to just go to the NCAA, we've been there before, but you want to play well going into it and have a shot to win it.

Garett has had a banner year. This being his senior year and breaking the 100-point barrier, he was an assistant captain, was a very good leader, and an excellent student. I'm just real thrilled.

They just work their tails off and go, go, go. We can expect a fast team that's very aggressive.

We did a lot better in the second on defense. In the beginning we did awful. We were throwing the puck away and they were beating us on the one-on-ones. The guys were playing really sloppy and then they settled down. I think the centers helped out by coming back. We moved the puck a little quicker.

We had a great year. It's too bad we had to end it on that note because I thought we were the better team out there tonight. We just didn't finish. They had a couple of bad goals and hung in there, so it was just kind of disappointing.

Tonight, I thought we were back to where we were a month ago. I thought the kids were re-energized.

We didn't play great the first period, but we didn't play too bad. I think they (Skidmore) played really well. They skated hard and their goalie played really well. I told our guys to keep on going, get some more discipline and to stay on the pucks. And we did. We beat them to a lot of loose pucks in the corner. We had some good jumps. Once we got the first goal it kind of opened things up. We got a lot of momentum off that.

We had a tough schedule down the road as we always do. History is we try to get four out of the six (games) and we went 3-2-1, which was a little disappointing since we beat Middlebury in the first game.

I think Brian had a great year, especially down the stretch. He was a terrific leader and a great contributor. He certainly will be missed.