Interview with Sheffield Steelers' Colton Saucerman on the Elite League title race and the Steelers' chances of retaining their crown
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00:00You know, every journey is different, were we going to go 60-9 and have the same season
00:16we had last year?
00:17I don't think anybody came into this season thinking that.
00:20It's a different group and a different vibe and we've found a way to be successful with
00:25the group we have and I like the way we're playing right now.
00:27The season as a whole, you mentioned it, it has been a grind.
00:29I think you've played 50-plus games already, there's another 20-25 to come.
00:33How tough has it been to back up last season?
00:35Do you feel that teams are coming at you harder as a result of your success?
00:38Is that a natural?
00:39Yeah, no, I mean, hardest thing to do in sports is repeat, right?
00:42So we're going to get everybody's best every single night because they want to beat the
00:46champs and we've got to be ready for that and prepared and I feel like since the new
00:50year we've been a lot better at handling that pressure and understanding that responsibility
00:56and basically starting on time and giving ourselves a better chance to win these games.
01:00There is a gap between you and Belfast, you're well placed, you've got to play them once,
01:05you've got to play Cardiff a couple of times, you've got to play Cardiff a couple of times,
01:09etc.
01:10There's still plenty of hockey and there's still plenty of games to turn it around, isn't
01:13there?
01:14Oh yeah, definitely.
01:15It's going to take the full season.
01:16I don't think that you're not going to see this group give up and lose hope that we're
01:21seven back or whatever we are.
01:23I think we can fight to the end and definitely make this thing interesting.
01:26As a group, I know a lot of them came back from last year, but do you feel that similarity
01:30to how you were last season?
01:31Obviously there's a few different personalities, but is it a strong group in there, a confident
01:36group generally?
01:37Yeah, definitely.
01:38I think that's what we rely on in these times where we've been struggling is our experience
01:41and winning provides that confidence that we have faith in what we do and our system
01:47works.
01:49Now that we're clicking again, I like the way we're going and as long as we continue
01:53to take care of business, I think that we'll be right in it at the end.