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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Things change an awful lot. From Friday morning to Sunday morning, those standings can take on a whole different look. There's nothing expected or guaranteed. You have to go out and work for what you get.
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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.
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.
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I chalk that up to nothing more than coincidence. Tonight we were just sharper offensively than we were on Friday. We didn't get a lot of chances, but the ones we had, we made count. We wanted to take one step this weekend and we took one positive step.
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I don't think anybody was too happy with our performance and effort (Thursday) night. I thought as a team, we responded well to the challenge. I really liked the second efforts we saw in all different areas - not just the goals.
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I don't want to get into anything technical because I'm not a doctor. But it is season ending.
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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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(The freshmen) made a lot of plays in a lot of areas of the game, not only getting on the score sheet. Guys made plays in all three zones in the rink. That's positive.
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You've got four very competitive regions. It's a great sign for where college hockey is at. All 16 teams are competitive.
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All the way through, our forward units did a good job and worked extremely hard down low. Michigan Tech is tough to play against. It was an awfully tight hockey game going into the third period. But the guys continued to do the little things and eventually they were rewarded for it.
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The level of hockey that is going to be played this weekend will be tremendous. It's a great regional hockey tournament for college hockey fans.