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
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.
bad chance close feet guys harder mentality personnel scoring team win work
Most of the penalties, they were not even scoring chances. Sometimes they were close to 200 feet away from our net. Those are bad penalties. We're going to have to be smarter. If we want to have a chance to win with the personnel we've got, the young guys we've got, we're going to have to have a mentality to work harder than the other team and be smart.
against best breaks calls few hard ice played team though win worked
Yeah, we played hard. We worked hard and played hard and I though we were the best team on the ice tonight, but we need breaks to win games. We didn't have any breaks -- all the breaks were against us. A few calls were against us, so it was one of those nights.
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.
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.
concentration ethic mentioned moment percent slip team work
We're a team that our work ethic has to be 100 percent, our concentration has to be 100 percent and our desperation has to be 100 percent. At the moment that we slip away a little bit, we are going to be in real trouble. (Saturday) all the things I just mentioned were not there at all and it was embarrassing. An embarrassing performance. That's all I have to say.
liked worked
We worked hard. We were aggressive. I really liked the way we played.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.