Tony MacAulay
Tony MacAulay
best discount looking motivated ourselves team trying
We?re trying to get ourselves motivated to be the best team that we can. That?s really all we?re looking at right now. There?s some things that went well tonight, and we?re not going to discount them by any means.
forward keeping looking options
I'm looking forward to keeping my options open.
actions asking body entire guys hockey language practice questions
Their body language would have to be different. You still have guys asking questions in a 6-2 hockey game. They?re being men. I have to practice the same thing that I?m preaching, too. There has to be accountability for our actions -- myself and our entire club.
becomes deal glass hand hoping time
We have to deal with the hand that we?re dealt. We have to look at it as the glass being half-full. This is a challenge. A lot of times when you?re short, it becomes a time to learn. That?s what we?re hoping is going to happen.
dealing digest food good halfway learn looking peak plate point start turning
Everything?s a turning point now. We?re looking at the halfway mark. It?s more of dealing with what?s on our plate. We don?t want to put too much on our plate right now, because A, we?re going to get indigestion, and B, we?re going to get fat. We don?t want to look at this as getting too good too quickly. We want to digest our food and learn and start to peak at the right times.
almost call friendly last practice reminder talked
Every day this week, before practice or after practice, we talked about what we did last weekend. It was only as a friendly reminder as to what we need to do, almost as if we need a wake-up call every day.
continue finish learning lost periods salt start strong wound
You have to start periods strong and finish periods strong. All is not lost here. They?re going to continue to keep battling. It?s all part of the learning experience. It?s salt in the wound when you lose, but it?s murder if you don?t learn from it.
relief sigh small stepping stone
There?s not a big sigh of relief now that we?re in (the playoffs). It?s just another small stepping stone of where we want to be.
coming goal precious score seconds third three took work worried
You score an empty-net goal and it?s 5-2, it should be done. But they get a third goal. That?s the part that worried me coming into (Sunday). We thought we just did enough. You have to work 60 minutes. We took some things for granted. We were three seconds away from getting a point, and it was a precious point.
accept chances dressing factor factors fight irritating losing period room score
Losing the first period 3-1 was an irritating factor to me. We had some chances to score and there were some things that were out of our control. Those are the factors that we want to fight and we will fight. Everyone in the dressing room is going to fight together. We don?t want to accept mediocrity.
added decision dressing pressure source talked urgency
It should put added pressure on them. The source of urgency has to come from the decision maker, in me, and it also has to come from within, the dressing room. That urgency has to be addressed and solidified. Not just talked about, but done.
allowed best concern hurt players stress
It?s a concern of his, because he?s never been hurt like this before. If that stress is there every day, and it?s not being allowed to go away ..he?s doing the best he can. You have to give players like that credit.
both equally mentally physically sure trying
We?re going to have to be mentally prepared, as well as physically prepared. We?re trying to look at both departments equally and make sure we?re concentrating on both sides.
eliminate soft
Can?t give up soft goals. Ever. There?s always one a game. We have to eliminate those.