Joe Battista
Joe Battista
Joe Battistais an American ice hockey coach and sports executive. Since 2013 he has served as the Vice President of Hockey-Related Businesses for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League...
couple guys handle help together tremendous work
They all handle the puck. They all help each other get the puck. They have a tremendous work ethic, and they are very unselfish, and they all have skill. Those guys have only been together for a couple of weeks, and they look like they've been together all year.
chris confidence defense good handled overall played rebounds shots
Our defense was terrific. They didn't get many shots through and when they did, Chris was outstanding. He played with confidence and handled the rebounds really well. It was just a good overall performance.
absolutely continue guys happy move
Offensively, I'm very, very happy to see us continue to move the puck, and a lot of different guys scored -- but man, defensively, we've got to get better. We absolutely have to get better on defense.
blocking door good hockey offensive shots slammed three whatever
The three of them slammed the door on a very good offensive hockey team, blocking shots and doing whatever they had to do.
anybody blame fate job ourselves outcome
We have our fate in our own hands, and I like that. We can't blame anybody but ourselves with the outcome of the weekend. Hopefully, we'll be patting ourselves on the back if we get the job done.
island mature paid younger
Well it could be. Rhode Island has been the younger team, and they matured. They're an older, more mature team, and it paid off.
couple guys together weeks
Those guys have only been together for a couple of weeks and they look like they've been together all year.
defense faster gotten physical played special teams
When we played them at Rhode Island, they were faster than us. They were more physical than us. They played better defense than us. They had better special teams than us. But we've gotten a lot better in all those areas.
count gone teams
Don't count Duquesne out. They've gone through some turmoil. Sometimes teams like that can...
beating care describe experience favor feels fired illinois ohio scared somebody until
Ohio did us a favor by beating Illinois twice, now we have to take care of business. I could try to describe to somebody what it feels like to be in these kind of games, but until they're out there -- you just have to experience it. I don't want them too fired up, but I don't want them scared either.
against demons great performance
It was a great start. I think we feel like we exorcised the demons from our lackluster performance against St. Clair.
coach great named penn state weekend
It was a great weekend to be a coach from Penn State named Joe.
hard lose
It's very hard to lose when you know you should have won.
great guys time
It's a long time coming. You guys have a great program.