Jeff Halpern
Jeff Halpern
Jeffrey Craig Halpernis an American former professional ice hockey player...
currently large negative provider services transport wholesale
This could be a significant negative for Qwest, which is currently a large provider of wholesale transport services to BellSouth.
business company core delivered earnings fourth high momentum people quality saw worse
I think when you look at what the company delivered for the fourth quarter, what you saw was significantly worse momentum in the core business than I think people were expecting. It was not a high quality earnings quarter.
cut definitely eyes happy mistakes
We made some mistakes at the end by pressing a bit. When it's 5-1, guys' eyes got a little big. We need to cut down on those mistakes, and we will. There's definitely some things we need to do better, but I was happy with a lot of things as well.
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.
adam advantage games hunter invaluable job looked steve talk took year
I always looked up to those guys, ... I was able to have Dale Hunter to talk to my first year when he had a job in the organization. Just being able to talk to him after games and after practices, it was an invaluable experience. And to play with Adam Oates and Steve Konowalchuk, there was a lot to learn. Hopefully, I took advantage of that.
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.
advance expectation few past quarters results shown wheels
Clearly, the past few quarters of above-expectation results have shown that the wheels have not come off at AT&T in advance of the merger.
break build complacent good happen lose ourselves rebuild time trying win worst
Before going into a break you want to feel good about yourself. When you got time off the worst thing that could happen is you lose a game. You have that much more time to think about it. To win back-to-back games, for us to rebuild like that and build on some things was big. Not being complacent after a win was big for us. We're trying to claw ourselves back to that .500 level.
anytime build definitely face good hopefully nice pittsburgh regular walk
Anytime you come to play, you want to win, ... It's nice to walk away with a win. It's definitely not the same Pittsburgh Penguins we'll face in the regular season, but we did some good things that hopefully we can build off of.
couple team
That's a team that embarrassed us a couple times this year. You get up for things like that.
erase four games goals guy next type
He's still getting chances. I know as well as anyone, goalies are good. You are not always going to score. He's the type of guy who can go out and get four goals the next two games and erase the drought.
control games gotten quit
I don't think there's any quit in our group, even in the games that have gotten out of control at the end.
question
I don't think there's any question what I should do,
camp excited forward looking week
I'm excited to get back out there. The first week of camp is always tough, but it's been so long, everyone's looking forward to it.