Barry Trotz
Barry Trotz
Barry Trotzis the head coach of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals and the former head coach of the NHL's Nashville Predators. He was previously the coach of the American Hockey League's Baltimore Skipjacks and Portland Pirates, with whom he won an AHL championship in 1994. That same year, he won the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award, which is awarded to the outstanding coach in the AHL as voted upon by the AHL Broadcasters and Writers. On February 20, 2013...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 July 1962
CityWinnipeg, Canada
We're in pretty elite company. I told the team that if we can do something special, go for it.
We used all four lines. I thought if we would have went to overtime it would have really benefited us, but it never got there.
I thought we were real sloppy in our clears and our passes and not real sharp. ... Just chalk it up to 12 games in 20 nights. Guys are trying to get a little rest, and mentally they're not sharp.
You make one mistake, and they have you on death row.
We didn't have our stopper in there unfortunately, but that's the way it goes.
Our primary objective is that Jiri is taken care of.
Our power play is effective in getting chances, but not that effective in scoring goals. Edmonton is looking to shoot on the power play. They attack the net until they are successful. We are working very hard on our power play, but it is feast or famine for us.
They threw a lot of rubber at us. The 21 shots in the first period were embarrassing.
They're winning our trust because they're getting the job done.
A lot of credit goes to our penalty killers. Your best penalty killer is your goaltender and he was great again tonight.
They really stepped it up. This was like the last day of school. Everyone is looking at the clock and it's 2:55. But we were able to maintain our focus.
A little bit of a turning point is that they scored 17 seconds after we got a 2-0 lead.
There were a couple of times I thought they could've changed the course of my situation. But they've worked through it with us and I think that's made us a better organization.
As a home-ice team, you want the crowd and the energy in the building. We weren't able to capitalize on our special teams, but if we get one in, maybe it would be a different story.