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...
benefit camp couple few fresh late looks maybe poor reliable training weeks
I think maybe the benefit was him getting the couple weeks off late in the year. He looks as fresh as training camp to me. He's been solid, he's been quick, just very reliable and very few poor decisions.
cheap dirtiest hit known low shot
I thought it was cheap, I thought he went low at the knees. It may not be the dirtiest hit ... but he didn't have to go low. He's known for that. He's a cheap shot artist.
awesome building energy fans game late reaction
I thought it was awesome just to get back in the building and get the game day preparation going and the reaction from the fans. Once the fans got into it late in the second, you could feel the energy in the building.
fans great sign star team wave
I thought it was great idea, just to give the fans a wave and just a sign that it's been the team all year, and it really was the team as the first star tonight.
couple lines played together
We haven't played for a couple years, so there's a couple lines I'd like to play together and see if there's still chemistry.
force gave lead mistakes style teams
With the style they play and the goaltender they got it's a very low-chance affair. The mistakes teams make they capitalize, and we gave them the lead right off the start. That let them play their style, and we didn't force them out of it.
allowed came careless game hang late opportunity penalty played skated tie took
We came out and played well, skated well, we generated a lot of opportunities, we just didn't finish. We let them hang around. We took a careless penalty late that allowed them the opportunity to tie the game up.
allow bomb bombing fantastic four
He's a fantastic player. You allow him to bomb us from where he was bombing them, he should have had four or five.
ball court defensive lead sure team tough
Typically, they're a very tough defensive team to play against. We'd like to make sure to get the lead and get the ball in their court to play our game.
cut knees lose low player wants
To lose a player like that, because he wants to go low and cut his knees out, that's a joke.
man satisfied stopping
I can tell you to a man nobody's satisfied with stopping there. We want to keep this thing rolling.
given indication nobody team
From my understanding, nobody in our organization is involved. I haven't been given a lot of information, but there has been no indication that someone on our team is involved.
against bounce dismal ethic good great minutes played standpoint work
From a work ethic standpoint and skating, we did a lot of great things in the game. To bounce back after the dismal 30 minutes we played against Montreal, we did a lot of good things.
anyone best blow hang tough
I don't think we're going to blow anyone out of the water, but I think we can hang tough with the best of them.