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...
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That's all we've talked about. For six weeks we've been talking about how we can only control what we do, and we've got to win hockey games.
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If you asked Jordan, he'd tell you that he just did his job. They came strong the last four or five minutes. As he's done throughout the season, Jordan was there for us.
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Being at home for the regional is very important and something we've heard about all year, but an NCAA berth is just the byproduct of playing well during the season. Our play has been pretty consistent since the middle of January. Our goal right now is to secure home ice for the league playoffs.
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I know what he's doing is impressive. He's been a rock for this team. I feel that's been apparent in his play.
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That's hockey sense. You saw some chemistry between some of our forward units tonight. Guys made some great plays.
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Drew is very important because he plays in all situations. He brings a certain level of calmness and good stability.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It was a battle out there, right down to the final buzzer. I'm very, very proud of our hockey team. We took another step forward tonight.
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It was obvious what (Stafford) added. Not only the offense he brings, he also brings a certain level of calmness. He's been a leader in that way. The more veteran leadership this time of year is a big positive. I thought he brought some real stability.
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It was awful important to score that first power-play goal. That's the start we wanted to have.
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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.
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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.