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...
alone taking trouble
He had enough trouble taking his T-shirt on and off, let alone playing. But he played.
ability awful character locker mind next room sticks turn unfinished
Those are things we'll turn to next week. We've got an awful lot of ability, an awful lot of character in our locker room that will be returning. And the one thing that sticks out in my mind is we have some unfinished business.
ability adding bring forcing good grow guys joining jumping offense offensive plays rush time
We've got some guys back there who can bring some offensive ability and make some offensive plays. That's part of being a good offensive team. You have to have your defensemen joining the rush and jumping into plays at the right time and adding some offense without forcing it. That's something young guys grow into.
class easy everybody few guys heard job town
I wasn't here, but I've heard so many things about the job they did in 1997. We've only been in town for a few hours, but everybody has been first class in every way. I think that makes it easy for our guys to concentrate on the job at hand.
certainly fought happy hard opportunity
We fought real hard to get this opportunity, but we're certainly not happy just getting there.
goal home steps
Our first goal is to solidify home ice. But it was only one step. We have more steps to go.
easier game heck key lead obviously playing third three trying
When you're playing your third game in three days, it's a heck of a lot easier playing with the lead than it is trying to play catch-up. So getting a two-goal lead was obviously a key for us.
add continue expect good guy guys jump lead league year
We're not going to expect a guy to jump into the league his first year and lead the WCHA in defenseman scoring. That's not realistic. I think our young guys are doing a good job, but they can continue to get better and continue to add more offense. We want them to do that.
ease open
We open up with Manitoba and then do not ease into our schedule.
game played start
We got off to the start we wanted. We established our game and played physically.
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.
bump chance
Hopefully, we'll get a chance to bump into him.
composure gained puck shot
He's really gained some composure and puck poise. And he's got that big shot from the point.
ready
He's ready to go, he's ready to play. He wouldn't be in the lineup if he wasn't ready to play.