 The Flying Warriors are the first to admit they had an okay but not great season last year in that there's still room to improve. Now in their young season the team is 2-0 and are only excited to keep playing more. They're returning all but three players in plan to use their experience and athleticism to be successful this season. Since it is early in the year, head coach James Ernster is focused on making sure his players master the fundamentals and skills of the game. Any time you're this early in the season you're always still worried about kind of the more process of still installing system, still working on power play, penalty kill and just again overall hockey is a game that's so dependent on skill, skating, shooting, passing. All of that stuff sounds just kind of old school but that's just the reality of hockey. You really can't run before you can walk. We just have a really athletic team and everyone's really tenacious. We forechecked and backchecked a lot harder than we did last year. We're so much more athletic that we have more speed and strength on the team. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.