 Welcome back to the Tracy Johnson show presented by Buffalo Wild Wings I'm Sam Murray joined now with Stevenson women's ice hockey head coach Tracy Johnson and coach What a weekend at the UCHC Final four. Let's talk about that William Smith semi-final first your team goes down to nothing after one period Comes back scores two in the third and then Kellan Whitman with that overtime winner talk about the excitement and the resilience of your team In that game what a game. I mean that's kind of the Our season in a nutshell where we you know went down early. It's to nothing. We just kept battling kept battling Getting chances but not burying them. It's getting into the third period and they very easily could have you know Felt a little defeated at that point, but They stuck with it and and just grinded it out like they have this whole season and just Came together as a team and that was just a really proud moment to see them come back Tie it force an overtime and then just win in dramatic fashion so Just one of the one of the best games of the season and just extremely proud of of how far they've come this year and You know what how they were able to come back in that game Yeah, you kind of mentioned it and The your team and down to nothing and it's kind of like how your season was like you started 06 and 1 Windless there, but then just once were unbeaten and 16 straight before falling to almyra and the championship game It's just got to be a proud moment for you as a coach They never hung their heads all season long and they never hung their heads in that game either Yeah, and just as a group, you know, it started with our senior leadership just leading the way in terms of Trying to keep them together as a group and I think that that really brought them together and strengthened Their bond as a team without them even really realizing it almost and it created This family atmosphere that they just just carry them so far and and I think that And oftentimes that chemistry and that almost love that you have for your teammates is something that can overcome Any adversity it can overcome any team that might outrank you in terms of stat wise or you know Might be better than you on paper and it just has been nothing short of a privilege to witness it as a coach Yeah, just just one stat wise katie dorosa played phenomenal all weekend She had 45 stays a career high in that game against almyra Which also ranks second in program history just talk about her performance through the the last couple weeks So proud of the progression i've seen out of katie Just the way she's played in this last, you know, few weeks of the season It it's been a joy to watch and a joy to coach because she has just taken ownership and taken control of of her game and coming out and being aggressive and it just She she played awesome. She played awesome this weekend. We couldn't have asked any more of her And lastly and you know, I already you already kind of talked to on it But that senior class there's those seven seniors just talk about what they meant to you As a coach and then to this program. Yeah, try not to get emotional, but I was fortunate enough to get this job when I was young You know young in my career and and just feel very blessed to have that opportunity so So early on and they've just I've grown as a coach and as a person with this class and they will always hold just such a special place in my heart and Just a great group of of women and i'm really proud to have been their coach Well coach, thank you for coming up here week after week and talking with me Wish you the best of luck in the off season and let's do this again next year. Sounds great. Thanks For coach tracy johnson. I'm sam mary and this has been the tracy johnson show