Dave Hakstol
Dave Hakstol
Dave Hakstolis the head coach for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. A native of Warburg, Alberta, Canada, Hakstol was head coach of the University of North Dakota men's ice hockey team for 11 seasons. Hakstol played for the Fighting Sioux from 1989 to 1992 and in the International Hockey League for five years before becoming a coach...
brings calmness certain drew good level plays
Drew is very important because he plays in all situations. He brings a certain level of calmness and good stability.
defense drew happiest leader offensive strong
Drew has to be the offensive leader for us. But what I was happiest about was how strong he was on defense and how well he killed penalties.
chip early five four home lost playing row slowly
Early in the year, we lost four or five in a row at home, and you don't get all those back at once. You just have to slowly chip away, and we feel like we're playing pretty well at home right now.
awful hockey ice remain
Erik is an awful important part to our hockey team. He's going to remain an important part. He just won't be on the ice with us.
change depending job looking performance
This is tough. No use looking at the standings on Friday, because through a weekend, depending on your performance and job you get done, things change pretty drastically.
approach attitude change far game philosophy teach team trying
There's been no change in philosophy as far as the way we approach the game or as far as what we're trying to teach or the attitude that our team is going to try to play with.
awful score start
It was awful important to score that first power-play goal. That's the start we wanted to have.
country leaders offensive throughout
They should be offensive leaders for us and throughout the country.
anybody case cautious drew halfway past rush situation skating time week
There's no halfway at this time of year. We've been pretty cautious over the past week. Drew has been skating for over a week now. With a situation like that, we're not going to rush anybody back. Certainly, that was the case with Drew.
certainly earlier ends night season team tournament whether year
There's only one team every year that the season ends the way you want it end. Certainly when your season does come to an end, whether its earlier on in the season, earlier on in the tournament or a night like tonight, it's tough.
attribute best maybe
I've always said about Jordan, maybe his best attribute is his competitiveness.
blocking contagious
Sometimes blocking pucks doesn't feel real good. But that's something he does, and it's something that's contagious with his teammates.
advantage fought good half hard second
The second half of their season, they've been as good as anybody. We fought hard to get home-ice advantage. Now we have to take advantage of it.
chemistry forward great guys hockey saw
That's hockey sense. You saw some chemistry between some of our forward units tonight. Guys made some great plays.