>up tempo - get up and down the ice fast strong rushes at the net - kind of >like a fast break in basketball terms OK. Makes sense. Good to give a Maine'er a reference to B-Ball ;-) Does that describe our Maine team? We certainly have some fast skaters, but I wouldn't have guess we score many goals on rushes. More like grind in corners, make opposition turn over puck, poke in a rebound. We had a ton of 4-2, 3-2 rushes against Iona (but I don't recall any goals on those ... and not many shots on. Of course, Marty's recent GWG was a great rush. :-) Maybe we play up-tempo defense, if there's such a thing? Thanks for the reply, wayne