21 Quotes by Chris Duncan

Considering the improvement in our schedule strength, this season was a big step forward for our program.

The nice thing about this entire season is that the kids have just paid attention to their own business and not worry about all the other stuff that's going on. A lot of people thought we didn't deserve the No. 1 seed, but the kids proved the doubters wrong. The kids reached down and took the next step. And now we're playing in the state tournament.

It's nice to see a team mix up that kind of speed with disciplined play. That is what we need to be able to compete with Minnesota. Hats off to just a fantastic team. They skate hard, are fast and skilled.

That goal gave us some confidence, even as we struggled in the second period.

That second goal they got us early in the second period got us out of our game plan. We've been successful all year following our game plans. But once we got down 2-0, things fell apart.

If there's that big of a shot differential, 80 percent of that is definitely goaltending. The other 20 (percent), I attribute to our players' ability to finish.

I don't know if there's another sport that has the parallel like getting the first goal in a hockey game. When you can score first, you can set up and play with more confidence. That worked for us tonight.

Chapter one is completed. It's playoff time and we look forward to the challenge that comes with being a No. 1 seed.

This is a great accomplish?ment for the kids to be playing at state. Nobody believed in us all season. But that didn't matter. We believed in ourselves. We knew if we played the kind of hockey we're capable of, we had a chance.