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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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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We've had tight battles with virtually every time we've played them. It was a playoff-type hockey game tonight.
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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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That's hockey sense. You saw some chemistry between some of our forward units tonight. Guys made some great plays.
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I think it's important to be playing well at this time of year. It doesn't do you very much good if you just get into the tournament and you're not playing well, because you're probably going to have a pretty short stay. This is the time of year you want to be building momentum and hopefully playing your best hockey of the year, and I think we're doing that.
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He made an awful lot of good saves. That's one factor you can't control in a hockey game -- how the guy wearing the pads at the other end is going to play.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.