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...
decisions
We've got a lot of decisions to make,
build extremely great group guys hard worked
We've got a great group of guys here that have worked extremely hard in the first 43 games. We just want to build on it.
counting eliminate players plays step
There's plays you're going to have to eliminate and plays you have to make. The players we're counting on are going to have to step up and make those plays.
earlier happened lose refuse saying
We had a saying earlier in the year, refuse to lose two in a row. And it hasn't happened very often.
case egg four given great ham kept number score three win
We've had a great case of ham and egg this year. When the goaltending has given up three or four we've scored the right number to win a game, and when we haven't been able to score too much our goaltenders have kept them down to one or two.
both good league six taking teams
We've had six (penalties) both nights, which I think is very good under the new terms. You look around the league there's been 12, 14. Teams are taking that many penalties, and we don't want to be in that category.
both great played saves
Both goaltenders made great saves in the game, Dom just made more. From where I was standing, he was the difference. I thought he played great. He made great saves.
dead either halfway
Either we get it done or we don't get it done, ... Either we're dead right or we're dead wrong. I don't think there's a halfway point.
few games gods hockey
Big sense of relief. In these games the hockey gods have to be with you. You have to get a few bounces.
believed form good league true
We gambled, ... We believed the league is going to be true to form on this one and that we'll be in good shape.
bit losing playing playoffs sloppy
We want to go into the playoffs on a little bit of a run. We don't want to be going in playing sloppy hockey, getting careless, and losing games.
bit special task teams
We weren't up to the task on the special teams. Their special teams were a little bit better than ours.
early game minutes notice penalties puck taking talked team teams turn
Every game we play, every team we play, we've talked that teams are gunning for us. The first 15 minutes they may not even try to score. They're saying, 'Let's not turn the puck over, let's not give them any chances.' You notice teams aren't taking any penalties early in the game.
bit feeling gonna last pain soon whatever
As soon as that last little bit of pain or whatever he's feeling leaves, he's gonna play.