Dave Tippett
Dave Tippett
David G. "Dave" Tippettis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and the current head coach of the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League. He is the sixth head coach of the Coyotes and the 21st coach in the Phoenix Coyotes/Winnipeg Jets franchise...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 August 1961
CityMoosomin, Canada
coach good respect spend time views wives work
We've been good friends for a long time. I respect what he's done as a coach and his work ethic. We have a lot of the same views about the game. We spend a lot of time chatting. Over the years we got to be good friends and our wives are good friends.
compete games good guys putting situations team three
We got these guys three times in a week, you're going to get to know each other well. I like games like that. For our team right now, it's a good thing. You like putting your team in situations where they have to compete hard, because that's when they feel good about yourself. That's the kind of games you want going into the playoffs.
decision gave goal late period poor power third
We made a poor decision on our power play late in the third period and gave away a short-handed goal and couldn't get it done in overtime.
ready talk
We haven't had much to play for for a while. I think that's been weighing on players' minds. But everything we talk about is getting ready for the playoffs.
blue cover mistakes smart stupid
Those are little mistakes, but it's not just the mistakes but how you cover up for them after. How do you give up a breakaway from your own blue line? That's just stupid play. There's no way to sugarcoat that. It's just not a smart play.
blue cover smart stupid
Those are little mistakes, but it's not just the mistakes, but how you cover up for them after. How do you give up a breakaway from your own blue line? That's just stupid play. There's no way to sugarcoat that. It's just not a smart play.
against games human nature tells
We have had some games that have been lopsided against them, so human nature tells you that it's in the back of your mind.
crafty goes ice keen picks reads
He's a crafty, keen player. Crafty in the way he goes about it on the ice and keen on the way he picks up things and reads plays.
cold
Getting cold in the shootouts at the right time. In two weeks, there are no shootouts.
entertainment held
From an entertainment factor, we held up our end tonight.
effort execution expect game higher
Frustration. Come out with effort and execution like that in Game 1 is unacceptable. It's not who we are as a team, and not who we expect to be. Our expectations are much higher than that.
buildings
But they play in different buildings there. You don't have that same flavor.
extremely second
But the second thing is he just executes extremely well.
close games help learn team win
I'd like to go out and win by a big score. But I think these character-building games will help us down the line. The more you learn about your team in close games, the better you'll be down the stretch.