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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There's going to be a lot of relief I'm sure for a lot of people around here. It's taken a while, but it will be good for everybody in the long run if they can get this sorted out and have a good summer.
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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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Early in the year where we lost 11 or 12 in a row, there were times when I didn't want to show my face in public. It was frustrating. You feel like you're letting a lot of people down and you expect so much more out of yourself and from the organization.
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There's nothing you can really put a finger on, except preparation. For whatever reason, maybe we feel too good about ourselves. We shouldn't. I think we get out of our element a little bit. Then we try to do too much.
refused shoot
That was unacceptable. We just refused to shoot the puck.
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We really battled back for about six weeks there. We didn't expect to make the playoffs but we had a lot of players playing well for next year. And then we got hurt again.
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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.
anybody besides main shoot
Obviously, you didn't want to let him shoot the puck. That was your main focus. You let anybody else shoot it besides him.
everybody good high winning
Obviously, winning makes everybody feel better about themselves. We're not that high yet, but we had a good week.
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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.
everybody gave remember success
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.
games guys january played
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.
gets guys learn pull reins yell
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.