Darryl Sutter
Darryl Sutter
Darryl John Sutteris a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. He is one of seven Sutter brothers, six of whom made the NHL; all but Rich and Garyworked alongside Darryl in some capacity during Darryl Sutter's tenure with the Calgary Flames. Sutter has also coached for the San Jose Sharks and the Chicago Blackhawks, the latter with which he spent his entire...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 April 1958
CityViking, Canada
game guys hard intensity last maintain minutes playing situations special spread
If you look at the last two games, there's a whole game of special teams. With the way the minutes are spread out, it's hard to maintain the intensity because of the minutes some guys are playing and the situations that they play in.
beaten great guys legs played
In the end, they just had more legs than we did. We were beaten by a great team. I thought our guys played great.
character stepped
In the end character stepped up for us and battled to get a point.
best energy level looked
His energy level looked like it was better than their best players. We were fresher.
best
Dion has been our best player. All year. Period. It isn't even close.
early
Dion was not very good, especially early in the game.
against eric gives group likes matter rookies worked
Eric worked hard. He likes traffic. He gives you the same thing every day - it doesn't matter what group he's in (whether against rookies or veterans).
against came changed chicago decision group guy mind phil sharp start
It was a group decision to start the other guy. But the other guy wasn't very sharp against Chicago and I changed my mind this morning. I told Phil it was his start when he came to the rink.
It was one of those games. Hopefully, we got it out of our systems.
ask game games guys hockey league national playing playoff talk
It's his first National Hockey League playoff game and you're not playing him 12-15 minutes, you're playing him extensively. You talk with the other guys and ask them about their first playoff games and it's significant.
counting good guys
It's about warriors. There's guys that we're counting on and that they're counting on to be really good in the trenches.
focus less
It's about preparation and focus and one less interview.
fine game last night overtime second third
It's a fine line. If you look at the series, the first game was an overtime game, the second game is a one-goal game, the third game was 3-2 going into the third period, last night was 2-2 into overtime.
means
It really is a middle-of-the-lower-body injury. That means he's week-to-week.