George Gwozdecky
George Gwozdecky
George Gwozdecky is a Canadian ice hockey coach. He resigned as an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey Leaguein June 2015. He has recently accepted a job as the head hockey coach at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, CO...
scoring
If we did, it wasn't a scoring chance. I'm not disappointed at the loss, I'm disappointed in the way we performed.
allowing challenges energy fall foolish looking takes team
One of the challenges we have is not allowing our team to look ahead. (Looking ahead) really takes your energy off what you really need to -focus on. We're too experienced to fall for that foolish way of looking at things.
create hard performance quit result shock worked
We worked hard to create opportunities, then when we had opportunities, we quit working. The result is not a shock as much as the performance is a shock.
anybody catch difficult
It's going to be very difficult for anybody to catch them.
ability abundance create defend offense skate
They don't have an abundance of ability to create offense but they skate well and defend very well.
early game great learn players quick special stick strong
They are special players. They have great stick skills, but will learn early how quick the game is and how strong the opposing players are.
celebrate sure sweeter
I told them, 'Thank you very much. But it sure would be a lot sweeter to celebrate after No. 405,'
class cream difficult expose four given good gotten great rises senior strong team tough weaknesses year
It's tough to find any weaknesses and probably even more difficult to expose those weaknesses if you find any. They are a team like every year in the WCHA, where the cream rises to the top. They've gotten strong play from all four of their classes, and they've got a good senior class that has given great leadership.
confidence effort emotion execution good last night princeton struggled took
We struggled this weekend. We didn't play with any effort or emotion last night and Princeton took advantage. Tonight, we had better effort but our confidence and execution wasn't good enough.
allowed close early face games guys half kinds last might month period practice remember season telling third
I remember back in the early part of the season when we were in close games in the third period and telling the guys we might as well get used to these kinds of games and get better at these kinds of games because we were going to face these games down the stretch. Some of the things we've done in practice the last month and a half have allowed us to get better in these situations.
alter college concentration focus great hockey matter players situation strong
His focus and concentration have always been so strong that no matter what is going on around him, he doesn't alter his course. I've always thought that great players always play at the same level, no matter what the situation is. That's what made Matt Carle such an outstanding college hockey player.
high saw
We saw it as a high stick. There was no doubt.
knew perhaps respect team
We knew their team was better than their record, yet I think perhaps as a team we did not give them the respect they were due.
entire quicker six thorough
We will make a thorough search. It won't take six months. It won't take the entire summer. It will be quicker than that.