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...
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I'm not a friend. But when they graduate, we become friends ? sometimes great friends.
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That opened some eyes and a sense of urgency took over. I don't think I'd define this as a great team, because we can still struggle at times, but we've improved quite a bit.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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He is as competitive as anybody on our team. He gets to pucks very quickly. He's got great grit. That's one of the reasons he's so valuable in the offensive zone. Any time there is a loose puck and Ryan is in the area, you know he's going to come up with it.
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(Wisconsin) is a team that made its mark playing great defense. (Friday night) they played solid. But the big difference was Glenn Fisher for us. He kept us in the game in the first period. He played extremely well.
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We fought very hard to put ourselves in position to get the second seed, and to not be able to move on and prolong our postseason play is disappointing. Anytime you're eliminated before you want to, it's difficult. But with this team, it's especially difficult considering some of the great play we've seen from this team throughout the year.
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And he's only continued to get better and better. He's a great passer; he has the ability to see people who are open where others don't.
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Stripping the puck, blocking shots and making quick passes up ice are more the things he brought to our program.
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It was a pretty heavy emotional burden to carry before the game. Everyone seemed to sense that this was a game we had to have.
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Any time you can get one of your regular veteran players back in the lineup, it's bound to help. Especially at that crucial position. Adrian has played a lot of minutes over the years and has made some big-time plays for us. He brings that confidence and that experience and that know-how to our team that we need.
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They couldn't score and didn't play as well defensively. But once he got healthy, the ship was righted and they were right back on course again.
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(Tonight), Game 2 of the series, we need it. We need to win that game, and we need to perform better. And I'm very positive that we will.