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...
adversity battling check credit games guys key number quit room stepped won
There's no quit in our team. Check our record, the number of games we've won when we've been down by a goal. You've got to give the guys credit. The number of guys we've had go out of the lineup at key times and the number of guys who have stepped up ... you've got to give every guy in that room credit for battling through adversity and doing it every night.
fortunate found game push room
We're fortunate to come out of here with two points, but it's a game we found a way to win. That room always responds. You know when you push them what you're going to get.
best guys might room stretch tells
There's a room in there where the guys are upset, they're not happy. And that just tells you that this might be the best thing for the team. We may, in the long run, get a lot more out of this stretch than you can imagine. And it may be the best thing going into the playoffs.
deserve determined difference encourage guys hard playing push room somebody
You really do get that feeling. Those guys in that room deserve a lot of credit. They push each other. They encourage each other. They're hard on each other at times. But they like playing with each other. Those guys are determined to have somebody make a difference every night.
beat believes guy room
I think every guy in that room believes we can beat them.
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.
biggest game schedule year
I've said all year long we'll take the schedule one game at a time. It's an important game. Is it the biggest game of the year? Well, on our schedule it's next, so it is the biggest game for us.
explain guys lost number stand tough
It would be tough to stand here and explain to you guys how they had our number if we had lost tonight.
explain guys lost number stand tough
It would've been tough to stand here and explain to you guys why they had our number if we would've lost again. It's satisfying.
cheap game shot
It was unfortunate we got done in by a cheap shot at the end of the game by Tucker.