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...
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.
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.
creative danny defensive fashion needed offensive players step stepped touch
That's the creative touch that Danny brings, and we needed that tonight. We needed our big players to step up, and I thought they stepped up in a defensive fashion and an offensive fashion for us.
creative daniel needed offensive step tonight touch
That's the creative touch that Daniel brings. We needed that tonight and we needed our big players, our offensive players, to step up.
area ownership stepped sudden team tom viable western york
I think all of a sudden there is some stability. Tom stepped in and said he's going to keep the team in western New York and that he's going to try to make it a viable proposition here. There was a lot of speculation that if there was no ownership the team may leave. And I don't think that's one thing this area can afford.
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.