Mike Devaney
Mike Devaney
absolute boat chances cost counter cruel game good load missed stick team three wrong
We got done three times on the counter by an awfully good team and they managed to stick their chances away. We had a boat load of chances at this end and we missed some absolute sitters and it cost us in the end. But the game can be very cruel sometimes like that and we were just on the wrong end of it tonight.
good shot target teams
Teams will give us a really good shot because we have a target on our back.
along assure battling concerned far four games help last lose ourselves playoff six somewhere sort teams win
(There are) six teams sort of battling away for those last four playoff spots. But as far as we're concerned we probably have to win those last two games to really assure ourselves of going. If we were to lose one then we'd probably need some help somewhere along the way.
teams
I don't think there are too many teams who would like to play us in the playoffs.
champ conference easier higher round seed state
I think going into State you'd like to be a conference champ and higher seed so you could have that easier first round game.
credit defended hard hurt late mistakes played poorly took van worked
I thought we defended poorly at times and credit to them, Van Buren took advantage. We worked really hard and played well for most of the first half, but made some mistakes late hurt us.
difficult group last minutes poorly
We made it difficult for ourselves. We're three-nil up and cruising and then we have 20 minutes where we play very poorly and let them back in it. But (we're) an experienced group and we got it back together. Last 15 or 20 minutes I thought we were really superb.
buts capable certainly error game ifs margin massive played road win year
It's a massive game. It's probably the most important game that we've played all year long. We really now have no margin for error at all. So we've got to go on the road and play well and we really need to win. There's really no ifs ands or buts about it. We really have to go and play well and win a game, which we're certainly capable of doing.
front sharp
We weren't real sharp in front of goal.
group players talented
We've got a lot of talented players in this group and collectively we all have to play well from back to front.
bang dream goals minutes settled three whatever
We got off to a dream start. We bang in three goals in the first 10 minutes or whatever it was and that really settled us down.
bit chance deep expectation experience maybe obviously players respond returning state
The way that I wanted them to respond was 'Hey, let's go on and do something maybe that nobody's ever done before and do something a little bit special,' and they have a chance to do that. Obviously returning so many players who have the experience of going deep into the state tournament, the expectation is for us that yeah, we want to get back there and we'd like to get back to that championship game.
hard imagine tournament winning
They're going to be hard to beat. I would imagine winning the tournament is going through one of those guys.
catalyst game home last super win year
It was super important. This game (conference opener) last year was the catalyst for us and it is especially important to win your home games.