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...
exciting game goodness gracious players rules speed
With the new rules and the speed of the players and the way that the game was officiated tonight, if that's the way it's going to be, then goodness gracious -- it's an exciting game out there.
agree course explained hear puck rule whistle
Did I hear a whistle before the puck went in the net? No, of course not. The interpretation of the rule was explained to me and I don't agree with it.
eight won
When you have not won here in eight years, it's not these guys' fault.
game good knew learn
We knew that it was going to be a penalty-fest. It's a good game for us to learn what we can get away with and what you can't get away with.
games glad hard hit night result row team totally worked
We had about 15 or 16 games in a row where we just totally outworked teams. We didn't get the result every night that we wanted, but we hit everything that moved, we worked hard -- there wasn't one team that outworked us. You're going to have a lull. We had two of them, and I'm glad we responded and didn't make it three.
expect hold shut steal strong unexpected
We just expect him to hold strong and steal us a point. It was unexpected for him to shut them out in a shootout.
create energy minutes momentum played tried
We tried to create our own momentum and our own energy with about 10 minutes left. We played our game. That's the way we have to play from the start.
hard hockey impact peter seen trying
We wanted to play Peter real hard because we know he can make an impact on a hockey game. We've seen that here. But trying and doing are two different things.
close execution improvement next perfect step
We'll just keep working on the execution. Our next step of improvement is to be close to perfect on execution of your systems.
group hard learning nice proud rewarded step tonight took work
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.
answer gone looked tangible
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.
point since solution tried
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.
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.