Long Island

On the bus headed down to Long Island, stuck in a little rush hour traffic here on 95 in Connecticut. Traffic stinks but honestly, it gives me more time to watch film and plan any last details for tonight's game at Long Island. This is a big one (as they all are) but with a win tonight we go to 3-0 and finish the 1st quarter of the season in the position we wanted to be in. I'm feeling pretty good about where we are as a team right now. The past two games we were able to play consistently on the offensive end of the field and put up numbers in all four quarters, most importantly the 4th. Defensively I have liked our effort in both games, especially the 1st and 3rd quarters against Chicago when we held them to 2 goals in 30 minutes of play. We need to be better in the closing quarter of the game and I've challenged my defensive unit to get it done tonight.

Long Island is a good team that is in need of a win as they sit 0-2. So there's no doubt they will come out ready to play and play with a sense of urgency. For us, it's all about us and what we need to do on both ends of the field to be successful. Offensively it's no secret that if we share the rock and get multiple players on the scoreboard then we are deadly and a hard team to slow down (9 vs. Denver, 8 scorers vs. Chicago). Defensively, we need to neutralize a very dangerous midfield group and control Matt Danowski......that will be Chris Passavia's task with the help of the entire defensive unit. Long Island likes to foul (10 first game, 8 last game) so when we have EMO opportunities it's important that we cash them in tonight...if we do it'll be hard for LI to keep up with us.

Excited to say the least, we have a 12:30 walk through at Stonybrook and then the Passavia's are hosting us for lunch. Cindy and Gary always take care of us when we're on LI so, can't wait to see what sort of spread they have planned. After that back to the hotel for a little R&R (who am I kidding, I'll probably watch more film) and then back to SB for a 7:30 face off. The game is shown live on Comcast Sports New England and ESPN3.com, make sure you check it out or set the DVR....it's sure to be a good one.

I'll check back in before the weekend as we have some interesting match ups down in Baltimore for Championship weekend!

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