I thought it was one of our better games of the year. Coming into this building, we knew the challenge in front of us at the time, and it is no different tonight. You know they will be ready. It is fresh in their minds what happened that night and how we played. We were able to get to our game for good portions of that 60 minutes. We need to be ready, and we need to do a lot of the same things.
A couple of things. You are going to have to work your way through the forecheck pressure because you know they are going to put a ton of pucks in behind you. It may seem like an easy accomplishment to just break the forecheck pressure, but when they do it time and time and time again, eventually, they are hoping you crack one or two times. We have to stay consistent with our breakout structure, support it, and find ways to advance out of our zone.
The obvious one is the goal scoring, but I even think the threat of him being able to score lifts up our entire group. There is his presence, his infectious personality, and it transforms our team’s mindset and confidence.
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