Lindy Ruff
Lindy Ruff
Lindy Cameron Ruffis a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. Ruff is the current head coach for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. During his playing career, Ruff played in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers. Ruff was previously the head coach of the Sabres from 1997 to 2013 and won the Jack Adams Award as Coach of the Year in 2006...
deserved games good night period second talked team ways
After the second period we talked about that to be a good team we had to find ways to get back into games like this. And at the end of the night we deserved to win.
came camp determination energy fit grown impressed matured passion ready seemed type work
I'm very impressed with the determination he put into the work in the off-season to get where he's at. He came into camp with the type of passion and energy that really fit our style. It just seemed like he had grown up and matured and was ready to go full-bore ahead.
focus team
I've got to focus on my team and how I want them to play and that's where it's all going to lie. I was emotional, he was emotional. I'm over it.
game good great marty needed played saves support team year
It was a great team effort. Marty made the big saves when we needed them, and I thought we had some great support around him. Overall, that was as good a game as we've played all year long.
cheap guy knee knocked scholars-and-scholarship several
It was a cheap shot, it was a knee on knee hit. He knocked our guy out of the lineup for several weeks.
finally gives good gotten job longest plays power streak unit
It was probably our longest streak of the year. We've had some good power plays that haven't gotten the job done, so when you finally get that one it gives your unit a lot of confidence.
biggest days guy high hole individual level maintained repeating scrappy skating throughout tough
It's what our team's been about. It's a willingness for every individual to get dirty, every guy to take it to the hole and not have too many days off. Every guy has a tough night, but don't keep repeating it. He doesn't. He's a scrappy little skater. He's maintained a very high level of skating throughout the year. It's probably been his biggest asset.
hearing
I want him suspended. I want him fined. I'll go to the hearing if I have to.
absolute best call deserve head knee league players playoffs shot
I want him suspended. I want him fined. I'll come to the hearing. I haven't called the league once; I'll call them 10 times tomorrow. If you go knee on knee and take a shot at a guy's head at the same time, you don't deserve to be in the game. We're going to the playoffs and you're going to take out of our best players because you couldn't take a hit? That's a joke, that's an absolute joke.
fairly handled team
It's been the one team that has really handled us fairly easily. There's no disguising that. We need to make a statement.
challenges far surprised tells
It just tells you how far we've come through different challenges and problems. I think we've surprised a lot of people.
guys quality quit tells
It just tells you about the quality of guys we got, and that there is no quit in us.
bit change guys instant lines playing seemed spark stale
It seemed like the lines had a little bit of instant chemistry. Sometimes you go a little bit stale with the guys you're playing with, and just a change sometimes, that'll spark players.
game heck
It was a heck of a goal. It's part of what the game is about today, and it was tremendous.