Mike Eaves
Mike Eaves
Michael Gordon Eavesis a Canadian American former NHL player and the current head coach of the St. Olaf College men's hockey team. He is the former head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. Eaves appeared in 324 NHL regular season games between 1978 and 1985, and has coached since 1985. His father, Cecil Eaves, is a former Denver University ice hockey and football player who became a professor and hockey coach at Ohio State and the University...
best hoped start
That was the best start we could have hoped for.
apply becomes game lesson men profound talked tried year
We've tried to apply that lesson all year. It's a very profound game for these young men because we've talked about it all year and we've talked about it as a group. It's the application of the lesson that becomes the important part.
anxiety capable early freely goal notch second skate terms took
That early goal (in the second period) really took us another notch down in terms of anxiety that we had. We started to skate more freely and do the things were capable of. That was a big step.
anticipate move playing quick rather saw
I saw him move a little too quick at times - anticipate rather than be patient. But I think that just comes from not playing for a while. I know he'll get better as we go along.
against balance difficult great high line played team tempo
Our team played with great balance tonight. If each line can go out there and keep the tempo at a high level, it makes it very difficult for the other team to play against that.
destiny maybe meeting ourselves prepared worked
I think destiny is preparation meeting opportunity, but there's an X-factor that's uncontrollable, and maybe that X-factor was being here in Wisconsin. But we worked hard. We prepared ourselves for this opportunity.
life
Robbie has had disappointment in his life before and he's always bounced back.
looking nobody pride sports
I can tell you this explicitly, that nobody was looking at this as just a third-place game. There was a lot of pride on the line.
false guys higher relish turning unless volume
I don't want earplugs in their ears. I want them to relish that. Because unless you relish it, having earplugs is a false way to play. You've got to be able to play at a higher level, and I don't think earplugs are going to do any good. I want earplugs out. I want our guys turning the volume up.
best good laying plays spinning top
For those of you who don't know Ross Carlson, he makes his best plays when he's spinning like a top or he's laying on his back or he's on his knees. I like to see him down in those positions, because, usually, good things happen.
draw low saw
We thought we saw something where we could draw them up, get it low and take what was given.
ask pull reference represents shelf turn
He represents that reference that you can always turn to and pull off the shelf and ask questions.
care couple given gotten head mark ourselves
He's gotten his imprint on that (program) and he's done it as a head coach, which I know is something that Mark really wanted to do. And now we're on that same path. We've got a couple more things we need to take care of, but we've given ourselves that chance, too.
teammates
He just has to do his part, let his teammates do their part and we should come out all right.