For many winter sports, February is tournament month. And with the arrival of both the Shore Conference and state tourneys during the coming weeks, the Southern Regional ice hockey team definitely will have its hands full.

But the question really is not whether the Rams are ready for what’s coming as much as it is whether they can rise to the same level as the past two seasons, when they reached the NJSIAA Public A semifinals in 2015 and last year snagged the Shore Conference Tournament Dowd Cup.