Michel Therrien
Michel Therrien
Michel Therrienis a Canadian ice hockey coach, who is currently the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. Prior to his current stint with Montreal, Therrien had previously coached the Canadiens for three seasons and then the Pittsburgh Penguins...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 November 1963
CityMontreal, Canada
allowed deserved happy plan stuck
We deserved to win. We stuck to the plan and we allowed only 17 shots, and I'm happy about the way we are playing.
deserve game good played tough win
We deserve better. We played a good game. Lately, it's like to win a game you need breaks, we don't have breaks. You need some calls, we don't have the calls. It's tough to swallow.
direction
I think we are in the right direction and it's going to be positive, but I know they can play better. Eventually.
good hockey played seeing
That's the kind of hockey we're used to seeing from the Devils. They played a really good game.
defensive knows playing react skating
Lately, he's playing better. He's skating better. I think he's been better, more comfortable in his own end. He knows how to react in defensive situations.
chances good phenomenal
Marc-Andre was phenomenal and we capitalized on our chances and did a lot of good things.
chances good
Marc-Andre was phenomenal, and we capitalized on our chances and did a lot of good things.
Marc-Andre Fleury was phenomenal. It could have been really ugly.
almost break game played saw tv
I saw the game on TV when they played here, and Caron played really well that game. He almost stole the game. I wanted to give him a game before we go to the break and thought that was the right game to put him out there.
came felt period played power second
He came to see us after the second period and felt that he could try on the power play and we played him on the power play.
against bad cost sure team took
We took some bad penalties. This is something that we told our team, not to take bad penalties, and we took some bad penalties. Against a team like that, for sure it's going to cost and again (Monday) it cost.
certainly dominate forward game good hockey players power skates talk tough
We talk about the young players who dominate the game now, and he's certainly one of them. He has good hockey sense, he skates real well. He's a power forward who's tough to contain.
against checks finishes physical
He's aggressive. He finishes his checks and it's going to be important for us to be physical against (the Rangers).
commitment example great huge leader takes work
He's a leader of that team. He's a great example for young players, with his work ethic. He makes a huge commitment to fitness. He makes a huge commitment to what it takes to become a great player.