Steve Stirling
Steve Stirling
Steve Stirlingis an assistant coach of the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League. He is the former head coach of the American Hockey League's Norfolk Admirals, the Springfield Falcons, and the National Hockey League's New York Islanders. Most recently, he has been working as head coach for the Iserlohn Roosters in Germany...
leads less lower penalties relaxed seem
We seem to be more relaxed on the road, which leads to less penalties and lower expectations.
came helps period quick resilient start takes third wind
The quick start helps us. It takes the wind out of their sails. ... But I like the way we were resilient after two (periods) when it was 3-2. I like that we came out in the third period and put it away.
against comforting coming game good great ottawa
I think it'll be a great challenge. And it's a whole lot more comforting to go into the game against Ottawa coming off a pretty good game.
appears bullied complaints-and-complaining habit taking
It appears he was in the habit of taking things from his mother, and he bullied her into not complaining.
notch plain played respond smart team took
I thought we played well the first two periods. But when the other team took it up a notch in the third, we did not respond with smart hockey, plain and simple.
felt good ready
He said he felt good and he was ready to go.
rings steady
He's a real steady presence, on and off the ice. He has two championship rings and that's impressive.
might
If it wasn't for Garth, it might have been 20-1.
coming took
We took lazy, dumb, not hardworking penalties. We were never the same after it was 3-2 because they were coming like gangbusters.
careful hard push win
When they got that first goal, that set us back a bit, more than I think it should. At 2-1, we didn't push hard enough. I thought we were careful, and careful doesn't win games.
carry load miss playing ricky until
He was playing pretty well and was going to carry the load until Ricky got back. And he's been one of the leaders, has been from day one this year, on and off the ice. We'll miss that.
good moving
He was moving his extremities, so that's a good sign.
coming early good report
He didn't look good coming off but the early report is that it wasn't too bad.
five knew seven
I don't have any idea why. We knew they would come out and skate, and we didn't keep up with them for the first five or seven minutes.