Ron Wilson
Ron Wilson
Former hockey coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 May 1955
CityWindsor, Canada
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It certainly helped us to get back the focus we needed. We were set up on the wrong side of the ice, and we obviously want to get the puck in Joe's hands.
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I think that's a definite reflection on the opportunities for business growth in the High Desert. I don't think the High Desert is a secret anymore.
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I thought he could score 40 this year, and now he's there. He's exceeding all my expectations as far as I'm concerned.
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I think that first shot that Joe clanked off the pipe might have shaken them up a little bit. He provided a spark, but for the first time in a while we got a couple of breaks early in the game.
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It actually gave us a chance to stop the goal from being counted. But it's just one of those things.
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He's got no fear. He'll stand his ground at the blue line all day. We need more guys like that.
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He's got good intentions. But I know he's probably rubbed some people the wrong way.
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He's been shying away from taking pucks, going wide and taking to the net and he did that a few times tonight. For some reason he spent most of the first couple months not being involved and being on the outside. To his credit, he got the job done tonight.
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He's going to play a lot more on the point because we need somebody back there who is willing to take charge and make hard plays, hard snappy passes. And I thought he did a really good job. It's going to take time to get other people comfortable in the other positions, but I'm going to stick with it.
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He's going to be a stud. You can just see it. He's excited to be at the rink every day. He does everything at the fastest tempo that he possibly can and God does he pound the puck. He's leading our team in shots in the preseason by a wide margin. It isn't like he's Bobby Orr leading the attack, he gets it at the point, he pounds it and he hits the net. Good things happen when you are doing that.
goals
He's going to be a 35-40 goals scorer.
alone execute guys pass
There aren't very many guys who would even try to make that pass let alone execute it.
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We looked like we didn't have much energy tonight. As the game wore on, they maintained their energy, and ours had been sapped about halfway through the game.
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He never came around much when I came to Storm Lake. Then I cornered him one day and asked him to. I ended up learning a lot from Harold, including the fact he might have been one of the first paid chiefs at a volunteer department in the state of Iowa.