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...
further games intensity lots prepare types
There's lots of intensity in those games. Those types of games prepare you for going even further on.
deep speed
We're deep on speed up front. That's the new game.
close inches yard
We're close now. If we were a yard away, we're inches away now.
good road ways win
We're a good road team, and we have to go out and win a road game. That would make a big statement. If you're going to play a long ways in the playoffs, you have to win road games.
good road win
We're a good road team, and we have to go out and win a road game.
awful close dig dug kept ourselves passing shooting tried until
We dug ourselves a hole, and we tried to dig ourselves out of it. We kept it close until late, but they didn't give up a lot. Our passing was awful and our shooting was worse.
aggressive chances gave maybe played scoring tremendous won
We really played a tremendous game. We gave up scoring chances because maybe we were a little too aggressive but that same aggressiveness won us a game.
battle kept tough types
Well, it's a tough goal. But we've been able to battle through those types of goals. I thought we just kept coming. We battled back...
momentum played power special teams threw
We played them pretty even for most of the game. But our power play struggled, and that threw a lot of momentum off because it was all special teams early.
execution played
We played them pretty even for most of the game. But our execution was not very good.
accidental exactly intent knee knew pay price
When you're going after somebody's head, you've got intent to hurt. Don't tell me the knee is accidental after that. He knew exactly what he was doing, and should pay a price for it.
advantage club depleted finish good win year
We had to take advantage of a club with depleted defense. To finish the year with a win like this, this is a real good win for us.
advantage challenge fired game good knew maintain movement pace playoffs puck several short skated sure took
We wanted to go on the playoffs on a roll. This was a big game for them (Carolina). We knew they'd be fired up. Our challenge was to keep the shifts short and make sure we could maintain a good pace in the game. Our puck movement was excellent, we skated real well and took advantage of several turnovers.
bigger close playoffs
We're working on a bigger thing for the playoffs and this is painful. But I think we're close now.