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"It's really exciting," he said when asked about what he was feeling after he scored. "It's a weight lifted off my shoulders, I wasn't expecting to be in the line up or playing forward but it was a lot of fun."

"I'm thankful that I was fortunate enough to be invited," Jake said. "The experience was great, I was spoiled from the start of the trip to the finish. It was great to not only get to see behind the scenes into the hockey operations but spend time with Dill as well."

"When people come to league-wide events and see players with the Generals red helmet and pants making plays and standing out, they know exactly who we play for. We've built our program with fast and hard-working hockey players and I think that shows."

"Nashville has great chants that their fans do and once they got those two quick goals, their fans gained some energy and I think it woke up the home crowd a bit. Once those 85,000 people (did that) it turned into a madhouse. It was definitely special to be there."

"Another thing I think is the people I've met, a number of people from Cochrane and Calgary who come out year, after year to support this event."

"I think we were pretty good for the most part (in the first half)," Garber said. "A little bit inconsistent here and there but after starting off 1-3, we went into Christmas with a 17-8-2 record. I think that's pretty respectable."

"Going into high school I had no idea that I would be playing football," Bell said. "Then when I became a starter, I had no idea I'd get the opportunity to play university football. I love the sport, I'm very competitive and I am thankful that I had the opportunity and the coaching to get to where I got to."

"Those 20 teams can kind of fall into any of those four categories. We don't necessarily have a hard deadline (for registration) but ideally, with the event being Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, we'd have everything sorted out by Jan. 10 or so. Just so then we can get our schedule coordinated, built and communicated to all the teams."

"It's an honour," Vaillancourt said of being named to the second team roster. "It's awesome to be named an All-Canadian because it shows me that my hard work is being recognized."

The Cochrane Chaos are heading into the Christmas break with a 9-4-2 record, good for second in the south division.