In the Lytle household, some minor trash-talking took place during the days leading up to the Southern Regional ice hockey team’s opener against Lacey on Dec. 2. While David Lytle was about to embark on his junior season as one of the Rams’ main forwards, his dad, Skip, had just begun his second season as the head coach for the Lions.

“My dad kept telling me to wait and see what they brought to the ice, that they had some kind of special plays or something like that,” said David, who scored…