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
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.
best great ice played team
We were the best team on the ice (today), by far. We played a great game.
felt needs plays stuff work
We felt that we wanted him to play, to work on some stuff he needs to work on, to make plays and stuff like that.
allow break key note onto penalty phenomenal played positive power storm time weathered
We're going into the break onto a positive note and that was important. We weathered the storm in the first period. Marc-Andre was phenomenal in the first, he made some key saves. The power play played really well and penalty killing for the first time in a long time didn't allow a goal.
against good
Even strength, we were pretty good against this team.
call difference figured referee road turned
We figured it should have been a five-minute major. But the referee didn't call it. Turned out to be down the road the difference in the game, but there's nothing we can do about it.
happy hockey
We wanted him to concentrate on his game. Take away all of the distractions. I'm more than happy for him and for our hockey team.
compact games nice period practice quality schedule short time work
We'll have some quality practice time. This year, the schedule is so compact with so many games in such a short period of time that will be nice to get to work on our system.
build finally followed good great plan
We had a great start. We followed the plan really well. We did a lot of good things and finally we can build on the positive.
followed great half lead league loose plan start taking team tough
We had a great start the first half of the game. We followed the plan really well. It's a tough league to have a four-goal lead because sometimes you loose your concentration, and the other team is taking a lot of chances.
against five top unit
We like our unit of five against top players.
battle shift
One thing, we don't quit. Every shift we want to battle and play with a lot of pride.
anxious bounce doubt good mind players pride
I'm anxious to see how we're going to react. There's no doubt in my mind we're going to play a better game. I think the players have some pride and they want to bounce back and give them a good game.
emotional
Sidney Crosby is an emotional guy. You don't want to take that away. It's part of his game.