There are a few aspects of the game where we've really got to grow up and it showed tonight, like the sticking penalties. We have to understand we're not going to win unless we all play together, unless we all take shorter shifts, unless we put the puck on the net and unless we play as a five-man unit.
Quotes about five-man (9 Quotes)
We got out to a fast start, but there was a little dead spot there. Tonight we let them get back too close, but the third and fourth quarter guys played well and buckled down on defense and got it done as a five-man unit.
Everybody we have played has run a five-man front on us because we use two tight ends and like to run the ball. That enables the defense to balance up better with our offense. Occasionally, we will try to go with an unbalanced line to offset that.
We have no continuity in five-man hockey. We're very individual, and the process of becoming a team is halting.
We had one goal going into today and that was to run as a team. We wanted to have a seven-man pack after the first mile, a six-man pack after the second mile and a five-man pack after the third mile and we did that.
It is so hard to find a true five-man. To have Mitch with us as a freshman and to have four or five years to work with him is exciting. We believe that he is the type of player we can build the program around.
I still haven't seen anything that gives me any indication we're becoming a team. We have no continuity in five-man hockey. We're not playing much like a team right now.
Obviously we are happy to start the season out with a win. We were very pleased with the five-man span time of 102, ... That is definitely something that we need to continue working on as the season goes on. The guys understand that our team's success is based on their pack running, which was evident during the early going of the race.
They've got a good goalie and they play good in five-man units. I'd say it will be close and special teams may be the difference. So we'd like to stay out of the box a little more.