Dave Allison
Dave Allison
David Bryan Allisonis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in three games with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey Leagueduring the 1983–84 season and is perhaps best known for a brief stint as head coach of the NHL's Ottawa Senators during the 1995–1996 season. He is currently the head coach of the USHL's Des Moines Buccaneers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth14 April 1959
CountryUnited States of America
care taking
We want to keep this going and taking care of business.
challenge group point team
Our team as a group was not up to the challenge and that is unacceptable at this point of the season.
protect sit third
That's huge. We didn't sit back and protect the lead, we went after it in the third period.
earned north people played respect
They earned the respect of North American players. They played gritty. They were winners. They made people around them better.
against backs decision forced next played wall
The way we played (at Omaha) forced us to make a decision on what we wanted to be - contenders or pretenders. We went into Peoria the next day with our backs against the wall . . . we played grittier.
ahead basically control intensity matched omaha realized run stays table taken
I think we've realized the intensity that has to be matched or taken into these games. If we run the table and Omaha still stays ahead of us, kudos to them, but basically we control a lot of our own destiny.
battle biggest game lead outcome plays time
I think any time you go into a game the most important person is your goaltender. He's going to lead you into battle - into the game. How he plays has the biggest outcome on the game.
given goals last liked saw three
I saw a lot more that liked than I didn't like tonight. But we've given up three shorthanded goals in our last three games. And that's something that we've got to get better at.
bounce diminish far guys outcome
Our guys battled and I am not going to let this outcome diminish how far we've come in 2005. We'll bounce back in 2006.
couple eat experience good guys learn places
Our guys will learn from this experience and we'll get on it tomorrow. I know a couple good places to eat in Milwaukee, so we can just go back there on Friday.
good great guys position test
I think it's a good test for our team. We're in a race, which is great for our guys because there are expectations. I don't think it's pressure. It's just expectations that if you do enough good things you put yourself in position to make the playoffs.
both couple days enjoys excellent gives good guys playing
I think it's good for both parties. It allows him to keep playing and he's an excellent player, he's an NHL player. He's had a couple of days off. I think he enjoys the guys and we enjoy him. When you get a guy like that, it gives us more depth.
against hard work
We have to be better against them. We did not work hard enough to nullify them, especially in our zone.
ability defense difficult goal gotten hard lead league next offense player race stressed
He was in a difficult race to lead the league in scoring, but as a young player his goal is to play at the next level. He's gotten better and better every game. We've stressed defense to offense. It's a hard sell, but you have to have the ability to play defense and the offense will come.