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...
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.
continue push road teams tough win
The road's been a pretty tough place for most of the teams in this league. We just want to continue to push and continue to win these road games.
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.
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.
brought collapse guys kept low poor squeeze team triangle trying
That was disappointing, but we made some poor decisions. They brought their triangle in real low and we still kept trying to squeeze plays. When you see a team collapse as much as they did, it would have been better for our guys to shoot.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
guys hell night proud shows team win
I told the guys in there that this is a hell of an accomplishment, something they can be proud of. When you win on the road, it shows you have a team that competes night and night out.
focus team
I've got to focus on my team and how I want them to play and that's where it's all going to lie. I was emotional, he was emotional. I'm over it.
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.