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
afraid decision goes next
I'm not afraid to play him back to back. We'll see how it goes (tonight) and then make a decision for the next day.
best confidence liked played wish
I liked the way he played; that's why we called him up. He played with confidence. We wish him the best in Atlanta.
feeling lose
It's always the same feeling when you lose (in a shootout). It's like AAGH.
good hopefully strong
It was good to see him on the ice. Hopefully he is strong enough to play (Saturday).
assistant coach eventually head rather
Eventually I want to get back as head coach of an NHL team; that's my goal. I'd rather be a head coach in the AHL than an assistant in the NHL.
good great guys mario nice players playing score seeing team tonight tribute
It's nice to get a reward, seeing your team like we have been seeing here. They have been playing pretty hard, but they never get rewarded. Finally, tonight, there were a lot of guys who had a great game. It was a good team effort. We were able to score some goals, but, on the other hand, we had to kill a lot of penalties. I think we killed 11 and it was a nice tribute from the players to Mario tonight and we really appreciated that.
nice success time tough
It's nice to see, because this organization had some success a long time ago. Then they went through tough times, and now they're back.
bowl cheering city great hockey pittsburgh rebuilding side super tough
It's so great just to get to the Super Bowl and so great for the city. Pittsburgh is just a great city for sports. Things on the hockey side have been tough lately, but we're rebuilding and we're cheering them on.
concentration lose outside takes team tough
It's tough to have a four-goal lead, sometimes, because you lose your concentration and the other team takes a lot of chances. They got a lot of shots. We wanted to keep them on the outside as much as we could, and Marc-Andre was phenomenal.
create fourth guys ice playing quality three time top understand
For guys like him, it's tough. He's in and out of the lineup. We want him to be aggressive, we want him to create some offense. But at the same time, I understand that he's playing on the fourth line, so the quality of his ice time is not the same as guys on the top three lines.
career changing coach ethic five goals team time trailing work
It's probably the first time in my career that we're trailing by five goals and I coach my team not changing anything because the work ethic is there. Our goalie was not good.
decide
It's up to him to decide when to make a comeback.
good judge start supposed
You can't judge a good start by the result. I don't think, tonight, that we got a good start. We didn't play the way we're supposed to.
bit looking net perfect puck
There were times we could have put on the puck on the net a little bit more, but we were looking for the perfect play.