The Cardinals, who also won the State University of New York Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championhave a young team comprised of many freshmen and sophomores.

"Our freshmen, like leading scorer Dylan Clarke and Eric Satim, have stepped right in and done a great job," Rolls said. "They were thrown into the fire right away."

Mike Baccaro, T.J. Cooper and C.J. Tozzo are the lone seniors on the team, while the junior class includes Rolls, Ryan Burke, Riley Hill, Shawn Dennis, Mike Thomson and Molinaro. The roster is rounded out by 15 freshmen and sophomores.

Rolls, who accounted for 20 points (9-11-20) his freshman season and 28 points (5-23-28) his sophomore campaign, is fourth on the team in scoring this year with 29 points (14-15-29). Twelve of his goals have come on the powerplay.

"Being a junior, I was expected to do more," he said. "I was expected to do more both offensively and defensively.

"All the older players on the team knew they had to step up this season. Hill has had a great season at forward, and Burke has really come on defense."

While the Cardinals have enjoyed great postseason success at home this year, Rolls doesn't mind this particular road trip.

"Playing in Lake Placid is just about the best road trip we can have," he said. "It's in our backdoor. St. Norbert has to travel a long way, and it's not a short trip for Elmira."