Jeff Halpern
Jeff Halpern
Jeffrey Craig Halpernis an American former professional ice hockey player...
fast guys hooking wrap
You have to be fast now. You used to be able to get by with hooking and holding. Not now. You can't wrap guys up the way it was in the past.
chance game gave half
We had a chance, we were up 3-0 with half the game done. We gave them a chance to come back.
enabling fan fans favorite game great guy line opens red score
You get a guy like that, he's going to score 25, 30, 35 goals. It will be interesting to see if the game opens up without the red line enabling him to use his speed. I don't know what Bonzai is going to do. He's been a fan favorite for so many years. It would be great for the fans to see him come back.
confidence excited gets goal monkey regular though
Even though it's not the regular season, it gets the monkey off his back, ... You could see once he scored his first goal how excited he got, how much confidence he got.
goal start tried
When we've been down a goal at the start of the third, we've tried to make too much happen,
calls heels
We were on our heels a lot and they were able to capitalize. We didn't get many calls and we could have used a break.
breakdown difference playing power
We're playing a lot better, but it's still a loss. We had a breakdown at the end of the second. Then they had a power play at the end and they scored. That was the difference in that game.
decisions either good throwing
We weren't making good decisions at either line, ... We weren't getting pucks out of own end. And in our end, we were throwing pucks away.
chances continued crack penalties power share spending time
We had our share of chances on the power play as well and we didn't take advantage. We continued to give a lot of penalties up, but that's because we are spending a lot of time in our own end. That's something we have to crack down on.
anywhere cause chaos door knowledge opens pass somebody trying
Somebody is trying to pass something they have no knowledge about, and it will cause chaos. It opens up the door to recruiting. You can go anywhere without any restrictions or consequences.
along build chances net second teams third time trying
Part of what we're trying to do is get pucks to the net and outwork teams along the boards, something we'd like to build on. But now pucks are just going to the net. Some of the time when we're getting a lot of those chances we're trying to get second and third opportunities. It's really just getting the bounces.
definitely instead mistakes needed question stuff talking worked
Some of the mistakes we keep making are fixable, ... There's definitely things that need to be worked on, but it's a question of going out and doing it instead of talking about it. A lot of the stuff that was said needed to be said.
finding games good lost overtime quite teams ways
That's the hump, the one-goal games that we have lost all year, the overtime games that we have lost all year. I think we've done good things at times just finding ways to win. Good teams find a way to win, and we are close. It's not quite there.
against builds division played playing understand wish
I wish we played every team, but I understand that playing a lot against your division builds rivalries.