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...
bad dumb finally gave good last played score snow takes teams took worried
I think Snow played a good game. I thought he gave us a chance. We let him down. That's the last person I'm worried about. We took lazy, dumb non-hard working penalties. It only takes one bad clear, one play. Good teams finally score on you. That's what happened.
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.
center chipping deep good supposed teams
We got away from the little things. Chipping when you're supposed to, getting to center ice, we don't get it in deep like we're supposed to. The little things that good teams do, we didn't do.
best excuse goes injuries means opportunity played players team
It's a loss, no doubt. Shawn had been one of our best players of late. But every team goes through injuries and it won't be an excuse for us. Shawn played a lot, so this means opportunity for other players.
goal hit mouth scoring team
It's flat-out wrong. He has to take the penalty, take his medicine, keep his mouth shut, and take it out on the other team by scoring a goal or making a big hit - legally.
against behind early expect fall teams
You can't fall behind too many teams 3-0 that early and expect to come back. To do it against Ottawa?
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.
continue felt hardly night regular six took
This was the first night I felt really comfortable as a coach. We only took six penalties, and hardly any were bad. If we can continue to do this on a regular basis, we'll be better for it.
brain brains dead seconds
We kind of went brain dead for 10 seconds in a 2-2 game.
leads less lower penalties relaxed seem
We seem to be more relaxed on the road, which leads to less penalties and lower expectations.
missed net
We missed the net a lot. A lot more than I'd like to admit.
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.
january month
Certainly, if you look at it, the month of January is critical.
control lose
But there was no need for him to lose control in this situation.