Glen Hanlon
Glen Hanlon
Glen A. Hanlonis a Canadian ice hockey coach and executive. He has been serving as general manager of the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey Leaguesince May 2016...
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(Johnson's) falling in line with all of the players that have worked hard all year long. To be rewarded, it's good. That definitely by far was his best game. He was the main reason we won the hockey game.
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I think this is a good confidence booster for this young club. You know, before we went to Anaheim, I think we lost like eight straight (eight of nine), so it's been a long time coming. It's always good to win back-to-back games, especially on the road.
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We are what we are. That was not an NHL lineup. We're playing with a lot of prospects. People get to see some future players, but these kids are a long way away from wearing the sweater for real and it showed up.
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We are what we are. I mean, it's not an NHL lineup. We're playing a lot of prospects. On the positive side some people got to see maybe some future players, but these kids are still a long way away from being ready to wear this sweater for real.
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Those are the types of situations where you get opportunities and you cash in on it. Who knows what that will be a springboard to? He's got a great shot. He had an opportunity.
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He's a dynamic player, a player you can build a team around.
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He's a candidate but our standing doesn't help his cause. I can say this though. I haven't seen many guys more enthusiastic for the game.
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Here we are, we're out of the playoffs, and as coaches, we're all quite sad we didn't get the extra point. It's just another example of a team that's fairly resilient. For a team with 61 points, I think there's likely not a lot of teams like that you could attach that word to.
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I don't know why there is such a disparity. How do you give a tangible answer to that? I've gone over everything. I've looked at all the statistics.
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Since I've been here we've tried not to make a point of it. We just want them to be part of the solution and not look back.
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We just expect him to hold strong and steal us a point. It was unexpected for him to shut them out in a shootout.
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When you have not won here in eight years, it's not these guys' fault.
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We'll just keep working on the execution. Our next step of improvement is to be close to perfect on execution of your systems.
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Tonight we took a step in the right direction. We have a young group that's learning and we are proud of them every night. They work hard and it's nice to be rewarded on the road.