Gerard Gallant
Gerard Gallant
Gerard "Turk" Gallantis a Canadian ice hockey coach and former NHL player. He is currently the head coach for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League...
stand
When something?s not working, you have to try different things. You can?t just stand pat.
awful fortunate hockey played second third
We played awful hockey in the second and third periods. We were fortunate it was only 3-1.
gas hard nights played ran third
I think they ran out of gas in the third period. They played back-to-back nights and we played really hard in the third period. We were really disappointed with our first two periods.
both competing great guys habits handled hard playoffs practice quit reason six starts sure weight wish won work
I?m sure both of those guys wish they were going to the playoffs and I?m sure they?re disappointed. But I think it?s great for our guys to see how they have handled this. There?s no quit in them. They still are working hard and competing hard, and I think that?s a big reason why we won those six in a row. It starts in practice and in the weight room, and their work habits there are obvious.
calls couple good power
We made it 4-3 and unfortunately we got a couple of calls after that we didn't like and they scored on the power play. They got a pretty good power play.
against hockey penalties periods
For two periods we were right with them. If it wasn't for the penalties I thought it was an even hockey game. Everything just went against us.
behind himself kept moved ready situation tough
Bryan?s moved on. It was a tough situation for the guy, but he?s put it behind him and kept himself ready to play.
effort expected skill
Obviously, we were outmatched with the lineup of skill they had. We expected a better effort and we didn't see it.
asked believed far good luke reasons
Luke asked to take the 'C' off. I said, 'As far as I'm concerned, you're our captain.' Luke said he'd thought about it and he believed he had good reasons for doing this. He just thought it was time.
game games hard playoffs possible shoot win
(The playoffs are) not going to be something we?re going to shoot for. But we?re going to come out and try and play hard every game and win as many games as possible and get things going in the right direction.
checking four goals worked
When you get four goals from your checking line, it's huge. They worked so hard.
dressing game guys hockey played team won
We were the better team tonight. We should have won the hockey game but we didn't. The guys played their tails off. I can't go in there (the dressing room) and tell them they didn't play well. They know they played well.
feat guys stop three
To stop those three guys is a feat in itself.
biggest chance clear ends ice puck stretch turn
To me, the biggest thing is we get a chance to clear the puck and we don?t clear the puck and we end up out on the ice for a long stretch of time. And the puck ends up in the net. Little things turn into big things.