Steve Sullivan
Steve Sullivan
Steve Sullivanis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played over 1000 games in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators, Pittsburgh Penguins and Phoenix Coyotes. He is currently the Coyotes' development coach...
match turned
They turned it on and we couldn't match them.
coming fragile good guess matter sake surprise together turn
I guess it would be a surprise they haven't jelled. They're fragile right now. They have a lot of good players. I think it's a matter of them coming together. Hopefully, they can get it together for their sake and turn it around.
bounce couple great lucky match period referee second sudden turned
I thought we had a great first period and got a lot of chances, but they turned it up in the second period and we didn't match it. They got a couple of power-play goals, a lucky bounce off a referee and all of a sudden it's out of reach.
chemistry help hopefully lost team trying turn
Hopefully we have some kind of chemistry and we can help this team to a win. We've lost two in a two so we're trying to turn this thing around.
defense easy game pass plays
In Game Two it was a little too easy for their defense back there. They were able to make that first pass and set up plays too easily.
discussed illegal knew
I knew it was an illegal stick, we had discussed it before the game.
central chance fighting happy playoffs
I?m just happy to be here. We had a chance to make the playoffs when I first got here and now we?re fighting for first place (in the Central Division).
coming game momentum score swings
It kind of swings momentum our way. They score that goal, they've got all the momentum, they're coming after us. Tomas makes the big save, we go down, we make it 4-1, 5-1, then the game is out of reach.
creative help players rules
It's great. That's what the rules are there for, to help players be creative with the puck.
definitely job keeping ourselves shots team trying
It's definitely something we've got to better ourselves on. We're trying to do a better job of getting our own shots and keeping the other team from getting so many chances.
anytime last minute
Anytime you get scored on in the last minute like that, it's a little disheartening and a momentum-shifter.
blue dump easily gaining half line pressured puck
They did make some adjustments on us. We'd been gaining the blue line with ease, but they made some adjustments so that we couldn't get it in easily or we had to dump the puck in. They also really pressured us on the half wall.
steal
They wanted to come here and steal one in our barn, and they did. Now we have to get one in theirs.
coming emphasis games good power putting shift statement team though won
We weren't putting that much emphasis on the games coming in, so even though we won two, we're still not emphasizing them that much. This isn't about a shift in power in the division. We just made the statement that we're a good team that's going to be able to compete.