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
Their game plan obviously was to go after some of our so-called skill players. The officials have to take control in a situation like this, and they did a very good job.
Obviously, their game plan was to go after our skill players, and that's posturing for the playoffs. That's the way the playoffs are. You earn every inch of space on the ice. I think the officials are going to have to take control of some of the situations. I thought they did a heck of a job tonight in that respect.
I guess I won't have to wear my down-filled coat and ski mitts, or shovel the driveway.
He's a skilled player; as with any skilled player, if you give him time and space, he's going to make plays.
It's so close. The difference can be one mistake. If you make a mistake, you're pulling the puck out of your net.
It was just a decision that we felt he was going to give us the best chance for success tonight. We were fortunate to get it done.
It wasn't a question of being upset. It was disappointment with the way things have been going.
It was more of a complete game for our hockey club, and a 'character builder' because of the number of bodies we have out of our lineup,
It's amazing. We did a testing of our rookie camp, then there was a testing done of all the veterans,
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.
It's disturbing. Columbus played yesterday in L.A., and they had more life and jump than we did in the first, probably 25 minutes. We have to find a way to take responsibility for that.
It seems for whatever reason, if we take our free hand off our stick, no matter what happens we got a penalty for it.
Anytime you can get points in this building it's a positive. They have a great home record and are undoubtedly one of the best teams in the league.
As a coach, you always ask to make sure you're going into every situation with your best effort, because in the playoffs, it's not a situation where you can just turn it on and off. You want to play well right into them, and continue to keep the ball rolling.