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
bite couple decisions forward four games last looked next nobody time win won
The last couple games, we have made decisions that have come back to bite us. You have to look forward to the next game. You have to win four games to win a series, and the last time I looked nobody has won four yet.
cannot caught game message prepare test today tonight
The message today was to prepare for our game and what we need to do to win. Tonight is the night that it was really put to the test because you cannot get caught up in everything that is going around.
solid
It was just a solid hit. That's part of the game.
looked neither
They have skill, that's for sure. It's just the first day, obviously, but neither of them looked out of place out there.
fix recognize situation stop talking
You try to stop the bleeding. You have to recognize what's happening. You have to recognize the situation and fix it. You don't fix things by talking about it. You fix things by doing it.
solutions trying
You think about a lot of situations. That's just part of coaching. You're trying to find solutions every day. We haven't had enough of them in the playoffs.
since talked training
It's something we take very seriously. We've talked about that since the first day in training camp.
competing early earn people players spots themselves whittle
It's early and things will whittle themselves out. Players are competing for spots and minutes, and at the end of the day, the people who earn the spots are going to get it.
far touch
It was a hole-in-the-wall, about as far from five-star as you can get. It was a touch of reality.
deserved exactly hard knew played
We knew exactly what was coming. I don't think we played hard enough. Not with enough urgency, we deserved our fate.
adverse building character hope played trip
We've played well in some adverse situations. I hope that trip was some character building for our team.
couple excellent fortunate found marty saves ways win
We were fortunate to win in a shootout. Marty was excellent and he made some big saves for us, and we found a couple of ways to score.
bill elevated game help knows plus
Bill knows how he's going to have to play in the playoffs. I've had long conversations with Bill about how he can most help our team. If he can get his game elevated enough and going, it's another plus for us.
bill knows
Bill knows how he's going to have to play in the playoffs.