 Welcome back to the Dominic Dahl show presented by Buffalo Wildwings. I'm Sam Murray joined now with Stephenson Men's ice hockey head coach Dominic Dahls and coach Maybe not the way you wanted to start the new year, but you played two two close two tough games against a really good Fredonia team who's now ranked 14th in the country. What did you say to your guys after those games? That's been tough. We've had a tough little little stretch here the power I mean even kind of going into into the break. I think we've lost the past four games either one nothing or Three one with empty netters. So we've we've all played the teams for the most part it's a matter of offensively stepping up and Contributing and scoring a couple goals Defensively, we've been pretty good. I mean we've we've done our job Saturday night this week I don't think we said we didn't take a single penalty the whole game We did everything we needed to do except for for scoring goals And I think a little bit of that is just confidence and kind of the stretch that we're in and Squeezing our sticks a little tight You know box bouncing over not making not making plays But confidence is a big part of this and I know it's not really an excuse But kind of been hit by the injury bug a little bit especially going into the break You know a lot of your top guys are missing still missing Once you're healthy does that does that change things a lot? That would be the hope but yeah, I mean you don't want to use that as an excuse I mean we're still out playing teams with with who we have in the lineup So guys need to step up offensively and start contributing a little more You know the injuries obviously do have an impact especially when it's you know guys that have consistently contributed offensively, but that's that's why you play the game That's what teams a team other people need to step up You said your defense has been playing well one of those guys in the back in the net Riley McVeigh Who's a freshman I know we talked about him before but talk about his play and how he's he's kept you in some of those games He's just been consistent, you know, and that's all you can ask for from especially for from a freshman back there He's he showed up every night and has given us an opportunity to to win and compete and you know We need to contribute a little bit more in front of him and I mean he's he's done his job He's stopped the pucks need to stop you so it's been a tough stretch It doesn't get any easier You play a non-conference game against the second-rate team in the country in Geneseo and then you see all your UCHG Opponents again right now you're on the outside looking in in the playoffs How do you how do you push make that push you get that playoff spot? I mean the focus is on this weekend and getting a little bit of confidence and and Continue it, you know the plot try to play well So that way when we go in you're getting going in the next week and hopefully we start to get some of these guys back From injury We can just be a little bit healthier and going around Well coach wish you the best luck this weekend moving forward and we'll see you back here in a couple weeks Thank you for head coach Dominic dolls. I'm Sam Murray and this has been the Dominic Doll Show