Joey Mullen
Joey Mullen
Joseph Patrick Mullenis an American former professional ice hockey player. He played 16 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguewith the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins between 1980 and 1997. He was a member of three Stanley Cup championship teams, winning with the Flames in 1989 and the Penguins in 1991 and 1992. Mullen turned to coaching in 2000, serving as an assistant in Pittsburgh and briefly as head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. He is...
game games pressure relieved second split win
It was a big game for us. You know you've got two games with them this weekend. A split is OK. But to get that first one is great. It relieved the pressure of having to win that second game. But we'd still like to win that second game for sure.
against bottom games points teams week
Yeah, a point's good. But when you have two games in one week against the teams at the bottom of your division, you want to come out with more points than two.
games good guys hershey hope
I think you have to (get up for the Hershey game). You hope the guys are up for it. They've been some of the better games too. They've all been good games. I think there was one blowout.
accept five fourth game lack lose
Lack of effort. If you lose that way and you got an effort. If you lose that game, fourth game in five nights, and got an effort, you can accept it a little bit. When you don't have the effort, you can't accept it.
games hard high moving overall physical playing progress puck standard
He did set a pretty high standard in the first games he played. It's hard to live up to that. But I think he made a lot of progress in his physical play and just his overall play, really. He's been playing better offensively. He's moving the puck well.
game looking overall starting trend worries
Looking at the overall game I think that it's starting to become a trend and it worries me. Defensively, I think we're slipping away. That's the trend that really worries me. We've got to get that part of our game back.
came gotten improved played second third time
First time he came up I thought he played pretty good. The second time he came up, he'd improved a lot. I think he's even gotten better this third time. He's been a real sparkplug for us in the playoffs.
conference cut division looking sooner tomorrow work wrapped
The sooner the better. We're looking at the division and then right after that we look at the conference. We still have a lot of work cut out for us. We're looking to go out, clinch tomorrow and get the first one wrapped up. The conference is right there.
bit liked momentum win work
We'd have liked to win that first one in our own building. Get a little bit of momentum going. Unfortunately it didn't work out.
finally move night overtime power puck seem struggled
We'd struggled all night (on the power play). We seem to move the puck pretty well, we just don't get anything accomplished. Finally in overtime we get one.
finally period playing running settled team third worried
That's what happens. We were running around. They were worried about the referees and the other team and not playing our game. We finally settled down in the third period and started playing hockey.
feeling feels good ourselves
It feels good to be right back into it. They had us down 2-0 and we weren't feeling too good about ourselves. I think we're feeling a lot better about ourselves now.
deep definitely dug feels found guys loss puts win
It feels a lot better. It puts us right back in the series. A loss would have definitely been devastating to us, but the guys dug deep and found a way to win tonight.
advantage control destiny position team trying
We can't go in trying to take any team lightly. We're in position to pretty much control our own destiny right now and we've got to take advantage of it.