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...
focus played second teams unless wave
He has played a lot of hockey, more than he has in the past. Unless we get a second wave of attack, teams kind of focus on him. It will be really difficult.
ability both defense puck shoot speed unselfish year
He give us the flexibility to do some things with our lineup, by him being able to play both defense and forward. He's got an unselfish personality. He's got some speed and one year he scored 14 goals, too. So there's some ability to shoot the puck and score.
answer create deal finished game gloves injured looked occupy problems time took
He finished the game and looked like he had no problem. When he took his gloves off, it didn't look like he was all bandaged up or anything. My answer always is: If he's injured and can't play, I'll deal with it. If not, I don't want to occupy my time with things that haven't happened. I don't want to create problems for myself.
against beat career decision difficult extremely family hard played respect situation sure
He made a difficult situation very easy. He played extremely hard every game. He's made a decision for his family and his career and we respect that. We just want to make sure that when we play against him, that we beat him.
focusing good improvement next spent step stretch time tried winning work
Our next step of improvement is to play a 20-game stretch where we go .500. If you play .500 for 20 games, that's a pretty good cross-section of the schedule. We haven't spent a lot of time focusing on those things. We've tried to get better and improve and work on our systems. Winning will be a byproduct of that.
caught guard waiting
That caught me off guard a little bit. We're still waiting to get him better so he can play. It's been a long time; he's week-to-week.
feeling looks ready
He was out there doing all the things he's done so he looks like he's feeling better and ready to go.
hockey last league playing week
He was playing well enough to get called up last week but we want him to play his American Hockey League games.
confidence gone great opportunity played
He's played great down the stretch. He's started to get the opportunity to play and he's got some confidence and he's gone on from there.
force good keeps seen stuff tonight
He keeps on doing stuff like this. Just when I thought I've seen it all, he does something else. He did a lot of things tonight that were pretty impressive. I think you got a pretty good idea of what a force he is.
apply fairly ice people perfect pressure simple speed system utilize
I think our system can utilize his speed to the fullest. We like to apply pressure and get up the ice in a hurry, so I think this system is perfect for him. It's a fairly simple system -- it frees people to skate.
fourth game good until
I thought it was a good game until the fourth goal. That was kind of a backbreaker.
ahead exhibition focusing light regular steps sure taken work
We have some work ahead of us, but we're not focusing on our first exhibition game. We're focusing on the light at the end of the tunnel. We want to make sure all steps are taken before we get to the regular season.
tape teaching tool watch
We'll watch this tape and use it as a teaching tool for our group.