Bob Motzko
Bob Motzko
Robert Giles Motzko is the head coach of the St. Cloud State University Huskies men's hockey team in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He was named the WCHA Coach of the Year in 2006 and again in 2007. In 2014 he was named the inaugural NCHC Herb Brooks Coach of the Year. He has guided the Huskies to six WCHA Final Five appearances, two NCHC Frozen Faceoff appearances, seven NCAA Division I tournament appearances, and one NCAA Division I Frozen Four appearance...
game turned
It just turned out to be a game for the ages.
battle game group guys hard tremendous turned year
Our guys just battle every night. They've battled so hard all year long...this is just a tremendous group to be around. This really turned out to be a game for the ages.
nights sharp tonight
We weren't sharp tonight, but we did a lot of things well enough to find a way to win. You're not going to be sharp every night, and tonight was one of those nights that we weren't.
bobby couple full good job jump saves shutting strong tank throughout today
Emotionally our tank wasn't full yesterday. But we rebounded today with a lot of energy, a lot of jump and I thought we did a good job of shutting things down defensively. Bobby made a couple of saves when he had to and I thought we were strong throughout our whole lineup.
darn good tested
I thought he was pretty darn good tonight. We tested him.
cost glaring goals hockey mistakes three
Three glaring mistakes cost us the three goals. You're going to make mistakes in a hockey game. They made some, and we couldn't get by Elliott.
five
We all see one of those once a year, once every five years.
balanced couple deal finding key last wins
It's huge, just huge, and it's been our deal all year. When we get balanced scoring, well anyone's going to be a better team, but it's been the key for us finding more wins over the last couple months.
tournament
It's frustrating because we were right there, and if we made the tournament I really think we could've done some damage.
game goals last lead three time
It was a different game for us tonight. We got a lead and scored three goals in the first period. I don't know when was the last time that happened.
energy found line needed power score third top
We found our energy in the third period. Tonight, we needed our top line to score and we got that. We also got our power play back.
avoiding explain figure following great guys seen shoots tail
That (pass) was a great play. You guys have been following me with Hooton, and I just can't explain it. He just can't get points. I've never seen anything like it and I can't figure it out because he doesn't have a lot of flaws. He's got great hands, shoots well and competes his tail off, but he's just got a way of avoiding points.
again confidence pen people whatever
I take it he has a little confidence again going back into the playoffs. Whatever people were writing about him, you can get a different pen out now.
both
He was outstanding tonight, but I thought both goalies were.