Dallas Drake
Dallas Drake
Dallas James Drakeis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger in the National Hockey League who last played for the Detroit Red Wings. Previously, Drake played for the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, and St. Louis Blues. Drake played his college hockey at Northern Michigan University...
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The Phoenix game the other night had 27 penalties in it, so that's pretty much the whole game somebody's on the power play. Believe it or not, you almost have got to forget about the score and just try and play the game as best you can with the new rule changes. I know that's hard to think about it that way, but you've got to teach yourself to adjust to the new rules as quickly as possible.
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We've got to get back to remember what we did to give us success when we were winning. What gave us success was everybody contributed, it wasn't one or two guys.
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We got into a little bit of a pond hockey game there, and that can get you in trouble.
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We've played a lot of games in January and up to this point. And we'll play a lot after the break. So it's important for guys to get the rest.
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Unfortunately, I'm one of the guys that gets too emotional. So I've got to learn to pull the reins back a little bit. Sometimes I say things I shouldn't say. I'm going to try and get better in that area, not yell at the refs too much.
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We just got away from our game plan a little bit. I mean, we're working hard. It's not a matter of work ethic. Mistakes we make against really good teams, they end up in our net.
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Obviously, you didn't want to let him shoot the puck. That was your main focus. You let anybody else shoot it besides him.
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Obviously, winning makes everybody feel better about themselves. We're not that high yet, but we had a good week.
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That was unacceptable. We just refused to shoot the puck.
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I think you've got to look at teams like Carolina and the New York Rangers . A year ago nobody expected them to be where are today and all of a sudden they're Stanley Cup contenders, especially Carolina.
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He looked good. We had a pretty short practice but I thought he looked really good.
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We threw him to the wolves a little bit early in the year and he lost his confidence a little bit. But he went down (to Peoria), played really well, and the last couple games he's been outstanding.
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He's a very skilled guy; we always knew that.
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He was just a dynamic player, and he didn't get enough credit for his defensive play. He was great in his own zone.