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...
against forge games growth home opportunity ourselves quality talked team took type weekend winning
The whole weekend was an opportunity of growth for us as a team. We took that opportunity by winning two games here at home against a quality team. We talked about before the game that it was an opportunity for us to grow and forge ourselves into the type of team we want to have at the end of the year, when we can do some things.
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.
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.
earlier surprised timing
I'm kind of surprised at the timing of it. I thought if this was going to happen, it would've been earlier this summer.
formula hit puck seeing
I'm going to need some Grecian Formula after seeing that puck hit the post.
breakdown defensive
It was like if you were a defensive back, that was a breakdown and the guy's got a seam for a touchdown.
contention extra luxury recover rest similar teams
It was my contention that if we had another day or two to rest and recover we would have been better prepared. It's a little similar right now. While those other teams are having to play that extra game, we have the luxury of having a day to rest and recover.
brian point turning
The turning point was Brian Elliott. He was outstanding.
everybody guy instead playing puck watch
We were playing 1-on-4 hockey. One guy would have the puck and everybody else would watch him instead of 4-on-1 with everybody working for the guy with the puck.
doctor feeling game outcome tonight
Tonight was what the doctor ordered. Tonight, the game itself, the outcome was like a B12 shot. We're feeling better.
brought energy few last regular season team unique week weekends
This week was unique in the energy that it brought to this team and the players. It will springboard us through our last few weekends of the regular season and into the playoffs.
advantage earned matter
Don't you think we've earned it? It's not a matter of advantage. We earned the No. 1 rating, and it makes sense to put us up there, so I think we've earned it.
early nice numbers tonight
(Elliott) demonstrated tonight how he got those numbers early in the season. It was nice to see that for him.
though truly understand year
Even though we've slipped a little bit, we understand that at the end of the year is when it truly matters.