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...
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.
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.
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.
four great last minutes played rookie third trying
I was trying to get him the last one, and why not? He's a rookie who's played very well for us. He'd only played about four minutes going into the third period, so it was great to see him get it.
last played rookie trying
I was trying to get him the last goal. Why not? He's a rookie that's played very well for us, an important piece.
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.
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.
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.
bigger elevated evident looking offer played players
The one thing that's evident is that when some players got elevated in bigger roles, they've played even better. I still think there's players that have more to offer in a bigger role. They're always looking for a bigger role, and now they get their opportunity.
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.
against happy played
We're not happy with the way we've played against them, there's no disguising that. We need to make a statement.
chances five good great played six third
We played a good third period. We probably had five or six real good chances when we had them on their heels, we had some great opportunities.
composure handle minutes played pressure strong
We played 40 real strong minutes then didn't show a lot of composure in the third. We didn't handle the pressure very well.