Red Berenson
Red Berenson
Gordon Arthur "Red, The Red Baron" Berensonis a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre and is currently in his 32nd year as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team...
depending fickle games moves time
We've addressed the ranking thing, and how fickle that is this time of year. Every weekend, two more games go by, and someone moves up or someone moves down depending on those games. So, the ranking doesn't matter.
control difference momentum puck sharper start turn whether
There was a big difference ... whether it was the puck control or the speed, execution. They were much the sharper team. They had the momentum from the start of the game, and we couldn't turn it around.
al depending high knew leave plan team
We didn't know Al was leaving, but I wanted a contingency plan if he did leave us high and dry, which he did. But he didn't. He knew we had a goalie. Would he have still left? Probably. But at least from our perspective, it wasn't like the whole team was depending on Al Montoya.
chances generate goal isolated mistakes penalties
Too many turnovers, too many mistakes and too many penalties. The penalties were costly. And the short-handed goal was huge. We had some isolated chances but didn't generate enough.
both confidence fragile level teams
Both teams are fragile going into this game. The confidence level is fragile.
deserve good home tournament unless
I told them we don't deserve to be in the tournament unless we have a good weekend. If we go home with two losses, there's no way we should be in that tournament.
glad number
It's better than the alternative, which is not going anywhere. So we're glad we're in the tournament, number one. We didn't come in with a roar.
bounce game michigan
It was an important game for Michigan to bounce back after yesterday's game.
stuck turning weekend
It wasn't turning out to be the weekend we wanted, but we stuck together.
clears deserve game good situation smoke
We have to have a good game tomorrow. When the smoke clears on Sunday, we'll see what our situation is. But if we don't, I don't know that we deserve any.
environment great
They had a great home-ice environment. And we didn't want to give them the first goal, and we did too easy.
games gives giving goal last start team weekend
(The momentum) gives them the advantage. Their team is in sync, especially after giving up one goal in two games last weekend (against Alaska-Fairbanks). They are much better than they were at the start of the year, when they had all of those injuries.
country given last led less
Offensively, we've scored a half-goal less than last year, when we led the country in goal,. and we've given up a half-goal more than last year.
forward future game good junior matter northern question steps taking year
He's done a pretty good job, but there's no question another year of junior would have been good for him, just to get another year older. He's the goalie of our future and it's just a matter of taking steps forward each game in his development and being able to make a difference. He stole us a game at Northern Michigan.