Gerry Fleming
Gerry Fleming
Gerald Alexander Flemingis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 11 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens. He previously served as the interim coach of the Oklahoma City Barons. On July 21, 2015 he was named the head coach of the Bakersfield Condors...
coming cute everybody fancy great guys happens looked players playing puck skilled turned wants
We're getting too cute, too fancy (with passes). That's what happens when you got new guys coming into the lineup that are skilled players playing with guys who are skilled players. Everybody wants to show off and show how great they are and how fancy they can make things happen. As a result, we turned the puck over and we all looked like we had no idea what we were doing.
defensive driving playing shooting
Defensive breakdowns, turnovers, no intensity, not playing physical, not shooting the puck, not driving to the net, not skating, not working hard.
coach easy good group guys hard losing playing practice start steps taking teach tougher understand winning
Guys need to start playing with more confidence. We're taking steps to do that in practice today. All you can do is coach and teach and try to get guys through this. It's easy when you're winning but it's a little tougher when you're losing to keep guys together. But we got a pretty good group of guys. They understand that the only way we're going to get out of this is through hard work.
against bigger bit caliber elevate forces guys level playing talent
The level of play is a little bit quicker, the guys are a little bit bigger and a little bit stronger. Playing against that caliber of talent forces you to elevate your game.
gave glad ice newspaper playing series shut won
I'm just glad we won the series. There were a lot of things said in the newspaper here. They gave it to us in the paper a little bit. But we shut our mouths, did our playing on the ice and got the series done.
coverage defensive eliminate puck turning type zone
Our defensive zone coverage can get better. Turning the puck over has killed us. We need to eliminate those type of mistakes.
main reason
That's the main reason for where we are in the standings.
laid performance played
Fresno played well, we laid an egg, and it was an unacceptable performance. We have to play better.
expect good news took
I don't expect it to be good news. He took a big hit.
boys line second
Second place is on the line here, boys!
beat defensive feet good inside instead kept looking moving offensive order people puck simplified
We just kept things out of the middle. We kept our feet moving instead of looking to make a play. When we got it inside the offensive zone, we really simplified things. Let's get the puck to the net. They're a good defensive team. In order to beat them, you're going to have to get people and pucks to the net.
charlotte december early game last loss played
You have to go back to that (blowout) loss to Charlotte in early December for the last game where we played like that.
beaten park tough walk
To think we're going to go up there and it's going to be a walk in the park is wrong. They haven't beaten us all year. They're hungry. They're in our same division. We're banged up right now and we know it's going to be tough up there.
It's not his ankle. It's a different injury.