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
games great guys key mason played score three week win
I thought Mason played great and made some key saves. Not too many guys can win three games in a week and score a goal.
chalk clears games guys mentally passes sloppy trying
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.
account bank dig dug early games hole hopefully mentally middle ourselves saw stretch tough
We dug ourselves such a big hole early on. I always say that mentally and physically, you have a bank account as a team, and we had to go to the bank account real early. At the end of the season, we overdrew in some areas. When you dig yourself in a hole, it's tough to get out of. Hopefully what you saw in the 55 to 57 games in the middle stretch is more of what you'll see from the Predators. We're going to have to be more resilient.
base build casual coming fans fun games good
In Tennessee, it's a non-traditional sport. The casual fans are coming and saying, 'You know what? I've never had so much fun at a sporting event.' And now they're coming back. That's how you build a base for any sport. That's how you get fans to come to the games - they've got to have a good time.
certain games horse next nice start
I just said to the guys, 'When certain things end you've got to get back on the horse and start all over again. That's over with, that's a nice chapter. Let's do something now through the next 73 games. The next 73 games are as important as the first nine.
bit burnt came danced devil sort terms
We've danced with the devil a little bit in terms of chances, and it sort of came back and burnt us tonight.
bit good hockey prove slap
To me, that's a little bit of a slap in the face. I think we're a pretty good hockey team. ... The only thing we need to do is prove it on the ice.
chance created drove good middle net outside puck realistic shots throw
Those 48 shots were realistic shots. We drove through the middle as much as we could. We created outside lanes. We shot the puck a lot. If you throw the puck at the net you have a good chance of it going in.
came chris coming couple goals key mason needed period saves second sort tonight
We had a couple of big saves from Chris Mason in the third. We had bang-bang goals in the second period and Hartnell came up with the big goal at the end. It was a key goal for us. They sort of had us on our heels, they were coming hard, but we were able to get the big goal tonight when we needed it.
four overtime
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.
energy frustrated game knew point poor prove took
We frustrated them, and they took a lot of poor penalties. We knew their game plan. They wanted to bang, have a lot of energy and come out and prove a point. There wasn't much of a point at the end.
early fortunate game tied
We scored early and we were very fortunate when they countered and tied the game up. We responded right away.
days lost vancouver week
Vancouver lost two defensemen for probably a week to 10 days in that tournament, which doesn't bode well for them.
bed hospital lying walking
Better walking than lying down in a hospital bed any day.