Glen Gulutzan
Glen Gulutzan
Glen Gulutzanis a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Calgary Flames...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth12 August 1971
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Our thought process is to have him get back in game shape by the start of the playoffs. We wanted to bring in more of a veteran presence coming into the playoffs and a guy with the potential to score.
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It's a big deal, if you asked me six months ago. (Now), it's a formality. I think we all expected it, come Christmas time, that we should be a playoff team.
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It's hard to maintain that playoff intensity for two more weeks. Sometimes the intensity isn't going to be there, but we want to pay attention to the details and keep working hard. If we do that, in most games we'll give ourselves a chance to win.
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He's a guy who's got a lot of skill and is a great character guy for our locker room. He's a big part of our team. He's physical, he can skate and win battles, and that's what the playoffs are all about.
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He's arguably going to be one of the most talented players in the league. He's like a wild card. He's had great playoff success and he can be a huge piece of the puzzle coming down the stretch. We need him to come in here and provide us with that extra offensive spark.
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We have to leave them with the impression, win or lose, that it's not easy to win here. We want to let Anchorage know that when they come here, they're going to have to work for it. That's the way the playoffs are going to be, and this is kind of like a mini-playoff series, and we just want to win that series.
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All we want to do now is make sure we're playing with passion the last two games and make sure we have our switch turned on come playoff time.
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They've just been on fire. They're winning games for us. They're all skilled guys who can play in the American Hockey League and they bring a work ethic to the table.
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They've got good character, a lot of skill and a lot of depth. They're a real solid hockey team, from top to bottom.
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I hope (the crowds) are big and loud and give our boys some energy, so we can try to win some hockey games. It'll be a heck of a series.
pressure
That's as much pressure as you can put on yourself.
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They came ready to play, but maybe their goalie wasn't quite ready, and it hurt them.
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We've got a big one (tonight). We have to be prepared, because (Utah) has beaten us a few times. Utah could be a team we play in the first round of the playoffs, so we have to show we can hang with them. They're a good hockey club, a lot like Alaska.
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We couldn't win a puck battle. I thought our effort was fine, but we made some glaring mistakes and lost battles.