The rope-a-dope? I do think its wise to have a couple of surprises in the old bag this time of year.
Our keys to success will be:
secondary scoring. Teams will try and play shutdown against Knight and Kristo. SCSU (Hanowski) said it was their game plan: Don't let Kristo and Knight beat you.
Aggressive forechecking. Control the zone play and time of possession .
Get shots on net. Throw everything at the net, bodies, pucks, everything.
Fast feet on the blue line- hold the zone, manage gaps, win races.
Compete. Every player working in every zone. Communicate. Put bodies on people. Leave it all on the ice. There is no tomorrow if you lose.
Keep it simple: short passes, give and go-s,