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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Obviously you want to make the playoffs as a first priority, but along the way you want to finish as high as you can. This road trip gives us a lot of confidence, because they were all tough games.
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I am very excited about the opportunity to defend the United States' title during a tournament as prestigious as the World Cup of Hockey, which features the best players our sport has to offer. I look forward to working with USA Hockey to assemble another potential championship team.
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Basically you can't fear failure. We've got to go out there and be ready and play on the edge. We're going to need everybody ready to compete.
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Now what he's got to do is put himself in a position to shoot more. He's always looking to pass. You have to be a threat out there to shoot and pass, it makes it that much harder to defend against.
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Obviously, it was an ugly scene. But I support (Parker) 100 percent.
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Obviously it's great for Cheech, but the key is to win the game and he ends up with another game-winner.
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Obviously making the playoffs is your first priority, but along the way you want to finish as high as you can.
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We're just going to have to dig down and find the energy and play with a sense of urgency that we need. It's as simple as that.
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We needed a kick in the pants. When you?re going like that, almost a third of the way into the season, something has to happen, and it has to happen quick.
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We were casual and they made us pay for it.
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We made an awful play up the ice. It was a bad pass. You know they have four guys on the ice, we have five. You should be able to find someone open and execute a good pass, and we didn't.
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The extra couple of days certainly help the coaching staff. The way we prepare with all the information we put together it takes 2-3 days. This gives us enough time to be prepared.
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We've still got a lot of work ahead of us, but we're going into games now feeling a little bit different knowing we've gotten somewhere and we're totally in control of our own destiny.
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We desperately need the space. Our high school, especially, is severely crowded at this point and has been for years. We've known this for a long time.