Randy Carlyle
Randy Carlyle
Randolph Robert Carlyleis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks and formerly the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was raised in Azilda, just northwest of Sudbury, Ontario. He won the Stanley Cup in 2007 with the Ducks during his first stint with the team. As a player, Carlyle dressed for over 1000 games between the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets, winning...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 April 1956
CityGreater Sudbury, Canada
We did not compete at our best level. I thought that they wanted it more than we did and they went out and played that way. The bottom line is we have to prepare ourselves for more of a team effort than we got from our group tonight.
We got down early but found a way to claw back. The one thing that this group has demonstrated all year is resiliency.
It's hard to be critical of our group because things have gone so well. We've worked so hard and then we have a game like this where we weren't as sharp as we have been. I'm not going to criticize our team for this hockey game.
We are going to have to be first on the puck in a lot of different situations, and this group has not backed away from doing that all year.
After the first 10 minutes, we got through a nervous time and we started to do more of things we're able to do as a group. Are you happy that your group competed and got their feet wet. Yeah, you're happy in that sense, but you're not happy with the outcome because we lost the hockey game.
I couldn't even fathom to judge who it's going to help or not help. I think every coach is doing the same thing, just trying to put together a plan that allows their group to hit the ice, whenever they start, on all cylinders.
We have to get points out of it. We're playing teams that are all in our conference.
Ultimately, the player makes the decision. The one thing we were adamant about was we didn't want 20 minutes. If it took 100 minutes, we wanted him to commit to 100.
We deserved a better fate, but we didn't get it. My message was that we worked extremely hard and did a lot of good things. We're not going to let this get us down.
Our players deserve the credit. They took the responsibility. We got down 3-1, we battled back. We found a way.
Our work ethic was there. We got the opportunity on the power play and took advantage of them.
Other teams are enjoying more power plays than we are, ... I don't understand how they can call the number of power plays called against us for simple infractions. It's beyond my belief we're as bad as taking ... was it nine?
Robby said that he felt that he didn't even touch it. He thought it was there and it went off their player. That's why he was confident, when he came to the bench, that they were going to allow the goal.
Our players worked extremely hard. It was a fast-paced game, and it wasn't no-hit hockey. It was a physical game and those are tough ones to play.