 Welcome back to the Dominic Dahl show presented by Buffalo Wild Wings I'm Sam Murray joined now with Steven Simmons ice hockey head coach Dominic Dahls and coach tough loss on Saturday Following the UCHC semifinals now that you have time to digest that game and kind of digest the season as a whole How proud of you of your guys for what they did in just year number two. I mean, I think we are looking back at it I think we accomplished a lot. I think just seeing some of the guy I think we're still disappointed on on Saturday and I mean the big goal all along was to was to win the UCHC or at least Give ourselves the opportunity to play for play for a championship, but I mean we've said it before here We've had three major goals, you know going into the year first was to win the Mac We were able to accomplish that second was to receive the buy going into the UCHC We're able to accomplish that and the third was to win the win the championship and unfortunately we fell a little short there But the guys competed battled all year long It was I think it was a special year with having the opportunity to go to Europe and and all the experiences that we had I mean we played played a lot of hockey, you know at the end of the day You know those I think those five games and the short break over Christmas I think took us took its toll a little bit early in the second half of the season, but All in all, I mean, I think it was a step forward for us Yeah, you talked about in your post game interview on Saturday and then throughout the whole year the four seniors on your team Mike Davis, Jordan Watt, Doug Rose and Jacob Caffrey What have they meant to you as a coach for one three of them following you here and two to the program Stevenson program? I mean the three guys that followed me. I mean there's obviously a connection there and You know it The recruitment process for those guys the first time was a I mean those guys are all impact guys at this level and We've spent a lot of time together We've had a lot of conversations over the years and and for them to take the time or or take a chance on this place Start now. I just think help would give us, you know Help us put our best foot forward early on and help to give us an opportunity to compete with some some very good teams and help You know help us achieve our goals calf, I mean he's been rocked solid since the day he got here I mean we don't win a lot of hockey games if it's if it's not for for him I mean there's there's quite a few games in the over the past two years that he's outright stolen for us and You know when you have a top-end goaltender that's gonna give you the chance to win every night That's that's huge at this level. So, you know, I know all those guys have aspirations of going on and playing And I know they will and actually I hope here in the next couple days We can get a couple of them situated with it with an opportunity for the future But I can't thank those guys enough for just giving us a give us a chance early to You know compete for championships Yeah, and then moving on to the future here Do the goals change at all after being able to accomplish what you did in the first two years moving on to year three? No, I mean I think next year. It's again. Yeah, well, let's let's win the Mac I mean now there's it's the second year of that. Let's kind of we'll have another new team and Involved so let's push forward in that and then you know, I think the other big old obviously to win the UCHC And then just year by year keep continuing to to grow and get better and mature and go from there Coach, thank you for for coming here weekend and week out and I wish you the best of luck in the off-season. Thank you For coach Dominic Dolls, I'm Sam Murray and this has been the Dominic Doll Show