While it may have been foreign territory, the Aberdeen Cougars put forth a familiar effort Sunday at the Odde Ice Center. Playing in something other than a state championship game for the first time in eight years, the Cougars skated past the Brookings Rangers 8-3 to grab third place in this year's State Girls' Hockey Tournament. It was a big bounce-back victory following Saturday's semifinal loss and a fitting way to end the season. "One of things that we talked about today was let’s go out and play hockey and have fun, and I think they did," said Cougars coach Rob Weinmeister. "Obviously, when you score goals, that definitely helps, but they were supporting each other and they just had a more positive attitude." The Rangers had a few solid scoring chances early before Addyson Keller put the Cougars up on a unique goal. "I was just dumping the puck to get a change on the net and it took a weird bounce and it went in," Keller said. "That was my first goal this season.