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...
awful close dig dug kept ourselves passing shooting tried until
We dug ourselves a hole, and we tried to dig ourselves out of it. We kept it close until late, but they didn't give up a lot. Our passing was awful and our shooting was worse.
talked until
No, no. We haven't talked about that. Until you're in, you're not in.
contact ran situation strength tampa until
When we put him in contact situation and we ran him through some drills in Tampa Bay, he didn't do so well. The strength isn't there yet. We're not going to put him in until he's in a situation where he doesn't feel like he's handicapped.
close dig kept passing shooting until
You don't want to dig a hole. We kept it close until late, but our passing was awful, and our shooting was worse.
until
He just doesn't feel right. Until we get him through that, he won't be skating.
adversity battle cards dealt last message tough until
They just never quit. They battle through adversity. The message is when you're dealt tough cards you give it your all and you go until the last whistle.
good math until
The math has been really good for us until tonight.
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.