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
apply knows players willing
A lot of players are well-coached, but the player has to be willing to take it into the game. He does that. He knows how to apply himself.
kids work
A lot of these Finnish kids come in look at his work ethic, and they think that's the way we have to be.
energetic game good nice push rewarded
They play a very energetic style, and they do a lot of good things that push the game along. But it would be nice to see them get rewarded every now and then.
stay
They play a game, and you have to stay with the game. You can't deviate.
came formed goes hanging identify north people team time
This organization came in and formed its own identity. Time goes on. People identify with this team more than hanging on to the North Stars' past.
deal people players positive pushes success tradition
There's a lot of tradition in this organization, and expectations are very high. The players who come in here deal with those expectations in a positive way, and it pushes people forward. Success is something that is earned, and our players have that kind of mentality.
exciting guys ice wait
There's a lot of things that we're going to find out, but that's exciting to me. I can't wait to get these guys out on the ice and see what they can do as a group.
desperate nine power team
You put a desperate team on the power play nine times in the first two periods, and you are going to get what you earn. The referees were a non-factor tonight. It was all us.
best entities time ultimately within
This is the first time really that all of the entities have had a say in it. It's a partnership within the game, and ultimately we can say that at the end of the day, we're doing what's best for the game.
pluck points spot tough
This is the end of a real tough spot in our schedule. We managed to pluck a lot of points from this part of the schedule.
becoming earn feather good regular season
It's a feather in your cap. I don't think you should underestimate the regular season. For us, we had to earn our way to becoming a good team, and the regular season did that for us.
becomes deserve extra factor game outweigh rhythm seven stronger
It's not that seven don't deserve to play or can't play, but rhythm in the game becomes a stronger factor that will outweigh an extra player.
excelled good guys jump knew roles
There were a lot of guys that we put into roles where we knew they had to jump in and do a good job. They've excelled in all of them.
decisions goals poor
There were poor decisions on our part. You can't give away goals like that. Those are frustrating ones for a coach.