In a season that has featured a variety of highs and lows, the Aberdeen Cougars are entering today's State Boys' Hockey Tournament on a momentum surge.
Aberdeen takes on the Sioux Falls West Flyers at 1 p.m. after capping the regular season with one of its best performances of the year.
"Definitely that game against Mitchell was one of the better if not the best game we played as an entire unit. We were buzzing," said Cougars coach Chris Medill. "The guys were feeling good. Pucks were going in the net. It just felt like we were really dominating play. They have a players on their team that are capable of making big plays. We made a goal that we were going to shut them down and we did."
As a result, Aberdeen is excited to get the tournament started against a squad it split with during the regular season.
"We’re very confident about our abilities against this team. We’ve got a very good idea of what they want to do and how they want to attack," Medill said. "We did work o
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