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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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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We saw some good chemistry with our forward unit. All the goals we scored came after two or three passes.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Those two guys we have in back will have a lot of stability for us. They can give a lot of confidence to the guys playing in front of them.
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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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You can look back over a long period of time. Some of the teams that won it at UND were expected to and others maybe not so much. It says a lot about how important it is to have the right to advance to the Frozen Four.