What can be said about the team this year, overall?
I’m so proud of this team. We had three goals at the start of this season: to win our tournaments, to position ourselves for a home ice playoff game, and to win a conference championship. We won our Thanksgiving tournament, lost our Christmas one, but we did get our home ice playoff game, and I’m very proud of that. To look at where we were four years ago—we were an 0 for 50 program and today we were in a position to win a major tournament. I’m very grateful to the university for taking a chance on me to come here and help me build this program back up. I’m indebted to our seniors as well for choosing this program.
I’m just proud of our season, I’m proud of our seniors. I told the guys to remember this feeling—the seniors want you to feel victorious in your last game. Let if fuel you over the summer, let it fuel you to become a better player to help out this team. I thank all of the seniors for helping me get this program back on the map where we should be.