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...
great point pride says season
That's a great goal. If you want to point at any short-term goal, that's what we want to get to. A 100-point season says a lot. It's something we're going to take a lot of pride in.
execution finish lose mistakes plays strong
Execution wasn't our strong suit. We made enough mistakes to lose it, and didn't finish enough plays to win.
amount battle deserving key victory
The key to deserving the victory was the amount of battle we had in the penalty-kill situations.
again chances concern continue creating games last number playing shots three
The last three games we got three points. Our concern is we want to continue playing well. The number of chances we're creating again and shots we're getting is the game we want to play.
behind board composure gonna message morning officials pride stay taken took using wiped worry
The message this morning was we took a lot of pride in being a very disciplined club, and I thought we were undisciplined. I thought it started with myself behind the bench. We have to get the composure back, stay away from the officials and not worry about the call. We're going to get some, we're not gonna get some. We've taken a lot of pride in that, and I think we started using that as an excuse. We wiped that off the board again.
good players talent tremendous
It will come. He's got what all the real good players have. Something that I can't teach, which is a tremendous talent around the net.
came gave
They came out hungry. They see where we're at in the standings, and they gave it all they had.
built defense mobile side
They built a bigger, not as mobile defense with a lot of reach. We're built on the smaller, speedier side in the back end, and that's really the only difference.
win
We just play to win games. If that's Marty, then it'll be Marty. If it's Ryan, then it'll be Ryan.
missed
We missed too many opportunities. We didn't convert.
continue energy grind level team
We have to continue to grind away. The energy level of our team isn't great. We're mucking through it.
against chances dominated few gave maybe third won
We got scored against on the few chances we gave up. We only got scored against because maybe we were too aggressive. That same aggressiveness won us the game. We dominated the third period, gave up one shot, and we didn't look back.
expected expects good nobody
We expected to be a good team, but nobody expects something like this.
defense difference legs several skated tonight underneath
Tonight I thought we got our legs back underneath us, we really skated well. Our defense were in on several of our goals, I thought that made the difference in the game.