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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Patty played a great game. He was taking the puck to the net, and he was a force. I think he got excited when he saw he was going to be on the point on the power play.
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Patty had one of his best games of the year on both sides of the puck. He was very focused throughout.
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Patty had one of his best games of the season.
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Patty did a great job of reading the play and jumping in when he could.
energy
Fortunately for us, with their having back-to-back games, I don't know if they really had the energy to take advantage.
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He understands when you're a player in that position and we've got a player like Joe where all the attention seems to be on him, it's an opportunity for him to really step up and help the team.
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He was on top of his game in all five. Last season, if you look, he had a lot of points but he had them in 3-4 games. This time it's been spread out and he's been a dominant player just about every shift. He's on the right side of the puck all the time.
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He was great whenever we did break down. He made three or four great saves.
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He didn't look at all like it was his second game in the NHL.
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Guys have missed being with this team. That's the greatest thing, to get back together and start having fun again with your teammates.
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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.
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We took two bad penalties that put us in the hole there.
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We took a couple of bad penalties at the end and it cost us big-time.
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What I'm proud about, 5-on-5, when it mattered most, they couldn't get anything going. They did not score one even-strength goal in (their) building and they were the best home team in the league. That has to be a real confidence boost for our team, especially our defense.