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...
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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.
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We showed our character coming back. I wish we'd won tonight to make it seven games, but we got the next best thing.
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We showed character. I wish we?d won and pushed (the winning streak) to seven games. But we got the next best thing.
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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.
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(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.
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When you get four goals from your checking line, it's huge. They worked so hard.
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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.
lost momentum penalties trouble
We got into trouble with the penalties and lost a lot of momentum in the second.
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Vancouver came in here and they haven't been playing very well. They didn't play very well tonight either, but they played better than us.
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To be honest, Chicago outplayed us in both games. They're going through a tough time, and the hockey gods have been with us.
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Big difference from last night to tonight. We didn't seem to have the energy that we did last night.
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We wanted to break that streak. Hopefully, this will turn the corner for us.
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We weren't playing great in the second period but we were playing okay. Then they come out and score three in the first five minutes of the third period. It takes a lot out of your team.
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This one didn't have much intensity. It was two teams playing back-to-back games against each other, and nobody wanted to get hurt. It might have been exciting for the fans, but not for the coaches.