Alain Vigneault

Alain Vigneault
Alain Vigneaultis a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Vigneault has previously coached the Montreal Canadiens and the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL, as well as in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During his career with the Canucks, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach of the year in 2006–07 and has become the team's record holder for wins as a coach. Under Vigneault, Vancouver...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 May 1961
CityQuebec City, Canada
catch finish five gearing lost playing playoffs third
Part of gearing up for the playoffs is playing well. So we lost that game. We've got five more to play and if we catch up, we catch up. If we don't, we'll be third and finish from there.
morning practice sure
He will practice with us (this) morning and we'll probably take him on the road. I'm not sure if he's going to play yet.
bring game good greener help offensive practice supposed touch veteran week
Greener is a veteran who is supposed to bring an offensive touch to the game. I thought he was all right in the first game but just so-so in the second. He had a long layover and it showed. Hopefully, a good week of practice here should help him.
change enables energy fourth gets good guys momentum net penalty speed useful uses
He gets to the net and uses his speed. When you have speed on the penalty kill, it's a pretty good thing. It's useful for us. On your fourth line, you want energy and guys to be momentum shifters. When you have speed like Brownie has, it enables you to change the tempo.
along both ends games pays plays solid strongest year
This was one of his strongest games all year long, at both ends of the rink. He made some really solid plays in our end, along the boards. And when you do that, a lot of times it pays off at the other end.
good mental needs physical pressure pushed
It's really pushed our physical and mental preparation to where it needs to be. The pressure is going to be there, but our preparation has been good and that's going to continue.
division fact pushed strong teams
Any one of those teams can win, that's how strong our division is. The fact we've been pushed in our division from Day 1 is great.
against best fair helped team upside
That's fair to say. He's got some upside and he really helped us against the best team in the league. Hopefully, he can keep it going for us.
pro seen
That's bush-league. I haven't seen that in pro hockey.
reaction sure wait
I'm not sure what they're going to do, we'll wait and see. We'll be in reaction mode, but we'll find a way to get it done.
adjust chances earned ethic game good gotten lines needs net number offensive opportunity overall playing position power puck ran remarkable took whatever work year
I like the way he's been able to adjust to whatever position we've put him in -- he's done a remarkable job. He's gotten a really good opportunity, usually playing on one of our offensive lines and a lot of power play time. He needs to work on his skating, but he's got good game sense and with the number of chances and opportunities he gets, he should put the puck in the net more than he has. But his work ethic and overall play this year is solid. He took the opportunity and ran with it and did a good job. He's earned it.
consistent force overall plays poised steady within
If you look at the overall season, he's been a very consistent and steady force back there. He's very poised and plays within his limits. That's been his strength.
evident looked luxury puck referee replay sure
In our league, the referee doesn't have the luxury of replay. He was right there, but he wasn't sure and he couldn't make the call. I looked at the replay and it was pretty evident the puck was in.
against difference flats good league max net playing puck teams top wants
If he wants to play in the NHL against good teams, now he's playing against one of the top teams in the American League and he's got to find away to make a difference in the game. The only difference I see is that Max doesn't play the puck as much around his net as Flats (Wade Flaherty).