Joel Quenneville
Joel Quenneville
Joel Norman Quennevilleis a Canadian-American professional ice hockey coach. He currently serves as the head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League, with whom he has won three Stanley Cup titles. He has also coached the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche, winning the cup with the latter in 1996. On January 14, 2016, he surpassed Al Arbour with his 783rd win as an NHL coach, making Quenneville second only to Scotty Bowman in total wins...
across effort last leadership team total year
We went through this last year with Prongs. We have to have leadership across the board. We will need a total team effort to get through this.
boards consistency intensity jumping shift tough tremendous year
That's a tough loss. He's had such a tremendous year with that consistency and jumping over the boards every shift with his intensity and emotion.
couple course year
There were a couple of times over the course of the year when we thought we were going to be playing,
definitely hurry work year
A whole year without hockey, without work . . . it definitely was something different. Now I know what retirement's going to be like, not that I'm in any hurry to get there.
achieved biggest eight games huge seven time win year
I think we've had about seven or eight games all year long that have been for first place. It's the first time we've achieved it. A huge win. Probably . . . not probably - it was our biggest win of the year.
came excellent game last san stretch worst year
His last start, he was excellent in Phoenix. He got us on this stretch where we stabilized our game and came back from probably our worst game of the year in San Jose.
bottom game good hockey line trying win
It was all good when I was there. The bottom line is, trying to win the hockey game is going to be the priority.
balance couple penalty
The short-handed 5-on-3 was big. It was on the balance all the game, and we had a couple of big penalty kills.
course individual maybe mix shake spark whether
Sometimes with a line, whether it's with an individual or you just want to shake things up and maybe get a spark somewhere; sometimes we mix it up in the course of a game.
couple difference finally last ratio success
We finally did what we wanted to do, and he made a big save. But we have to be better on it. We've had some five-on-threes (recently) and our success ratio is poor. It may have been the difference in the last couple of games, for sure.
chances couple david game gave highest kept last point quality seen
We gave up some of the highest quality chances we've seen at any point all year. David kept us in the game and gave us a chance. The last couple periods, we were way better.
hay
We've got to make some hay on the road.
across beat goals passes seemed three
Three of (the Kings') goals were quick-quick, bang-bang plays. Those passes across the goalmouth, that seemed to be the play that beat us.
assume guys offensive player
Milan's such a big offensive player for our team, so guys will have to assume some of that responsibility,