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
game good needed quality saves time tough
Every time they got a shot, it was a quality shot. It's a tough game for the goalie to play. (Fleury) made some good saves and was there when we needed him.
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.
believe clear horrible tough
I believe that was a horrible call, but there's nothing we can do. I don't think it was a clear breakaway. I didn't believe that. Interpretation is always different. It was a tough night. The referees were tough on us.
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.
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.
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.
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.
execute plan playing second supposed team tough
We started playing in the second period. We started to execute our plan in the second period. When we're doing what we're supposed to do, we're a tough team to play against.
against chips coming ethic front game good guys hard knew net playing quality rebounds road sure time tough wall work worked
Every time you're coming down from a long road trip, the first game is always tough to play. We knew we were playing against a quality team. I thought our work ethic was there, so that's a good sign. Physically, we didn't back down. They were physical, and we were physical. But they have experienced players, and we have a lot of young players. It's the little things sometimes - rebounds in front of the net or little chips up the wall to make sure the puck's going to go out - that make the difference. But our guys really worked hard tonight.
against coming ethic game good knew playing quality road time tough work
Every time you're coming down from a long road trip, that first game is always tough to play. We knew we were playing against a quality team. I thought our work ethic was there, and that's a good sign.
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.
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.