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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That's the key to the game, keep the hope alive.
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That's the positive, we're not going in thinking it's automatic. We're going to have to work for those wins.
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I think this is as open a year as ever in the NHL for a number of teams to win the Cup. The most important reason is because the rules aren't going to change in the post-season. It will be the same hockey, called by the same rules.
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We need a complete team effort in order to beat a team like Detroit, especially here and we didn't get it. We'll just throw it away and move on to the next game. If you're going to have one of these games on the road trip, I'd sooner have it against Detroit than somebody else.
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I will not win a game tonight to lose the next eight games. I will lose a game tonight to win the next eight games, if that makes any sense.
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That certainly helped turn things around, we had a great last three or four minutes in the period.
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I wish it wasn't like this, but it sure seems like it's going to come down to the last game.
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People are fearing him now, and that's what you want to see with Joe. He's a man on a mission. . . . Even though he's not getting points, he's totally controlling the game.
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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 don't want to accuse somebody of not doing their job. We're certainly going to look into that.
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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 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.