Don Lucia
Don Lucia
Don Luciais the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey team. He has twice led the Golden Gophers to the NCAA National Championship title, in 2002 and 2003. Under Lucia, the Golden Gophers have won four MacNaughton Cups, the Broadmoor Trophy three times, and the Big Ten regular season championship in each of that league's first three seasons. He has coached one Hobey Baker Award winner, Jordan Leopold. He is one of 10 coaches to record more than...
cross good hard holy lines special teams top
We didn't play poorly. In fact, we competed real hard but Holy Cross was pretty good. They have a good goalie, good special teams and their top two lines are very skilled.
against creating great traffic
We got off to that big start, creating traffic and going to the net, and that's what you have to do against a great goaltender.
game last played team
Their team played more aggressive, more physical. They just played a better game than they did last night.
good past plenty timely
Their goaltender made some good saves, some timely saves. We had plenty of chances; we just couldn't get past 2.
game might step three
If Kellen hadn't been able to step up, we might have been down by two or three and the game would have been over.
guys nervous
I told our guys there was nothing to be nervous about tonight, just go out and play, and play well defensively.
bit easier goes talking
Things went our way a little bit more and it's easier to play. Obviously, they're going after him and talking to him, but that goes with the territory.
good home job junior recruiting shows stature teams
It's like home for them (the World Junior players). It shows the good job that these teams have done recruiting and the stature of the programs.
holy played
First of all, I would like to congratulate Holy Cross. I thought they played terrific.
danny game games great guys men supposed
Danny had a great game tonight. These are games that are for men only. The top-end guys are supposed to be the ones delivering.
game
The game started at 3, we started at 4.
advantage assure far
And I can assure you of one thing: They will have the home-ice advantage as far as the crowd.
difference focused practice yesterday
You could see the difference in him yesterday in practice. He was focused. I thought it was the best, most focused practice he's had in a month.