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
certainly four great helped last minutes three turn
That certainly helped turn things around, we had a great last three or four minutes in the period.
bench calling control decides freaky good guys penalty people questioned referee
I questioned one call, 'Why aren't you guys calling the right stuff?' It was good enough for a bench penalty. We haven't had a bench penalty all year. We can't control what the referee decides to call. We're not fouling people and we're (still) getting calls. That's not our team's fault, it's that simple. That's the freaky thing of it.
home league nashville playing series win
It's not about playing Nashville or anything like that. The way the league is now (seeds) 5, 6, 7 and 8 could win their series and then you have home ice.
emphasis enjoy fun game loud night opening speed weapons
That's as loud an opening night as I've ever heard, anywhere. I think they're really going to enjoy the new NHL with the speed and the emphasis on offense. I think it's going to be a more fun game to watch. It's a fun game to coach, especially with the weapons we have.
bench generally hang
The feel on the bench is that something good's going to happen. Generally speaking, we hang in there.
calling calls control decide guys night point
I just said, 'Why aren't you guys calling the right stuff?' And that was enough to get a penalty. Some of the calls were very questionable, at best. It was a very frustrating night from that point of view, but we can't control what the referees decide to call.
care perfectly playing
I really don't care who we play, and I'm being perfectly honest. The way we're playing right now we're confident.
advantage chance draw energy good penalties period power pushed talked third
In the third period of back-to-back games, I don't know if they really had the energy to take advantage of the power play. We talked about if we pushed the pace, there's a good chance we'll draw penalties tonight.
casual chances gotten pay puck scoring second taking until
I'm not taking anything away from Columbus, but they didn't really have any scoring chances until the end of the second period. It was a play where we could have gotten the puck and didn't. We were casual and they made us pay for it.
great happy phoenix power special spent
I'm happy we spent all day (Tuesday) working on our power play. They've got great special teams. Fortunately, we had those opportunities, because we didn't look much better than we did in Phoenix to be honest.
caught happy teams time
I'm happy with that. I don't know why, if it's just fluky we caught teams at the right time or what.
advantage created looked pressure sluggish took
They looked sluggish at times and we took advantage of that. And a lot of that had to do with the pressure we created at the right times.
clicking job power worked
They worked really hard. It was a battle. Fortunately, our power play was clicking and we got the job done.
fun guys twice
Not many guys can make a play on their backhand like that. To see the guy on your forehand is one thing, but to do it twice on your backhand is pretty fun to watch.