Bob Hartley
Bob Hartley
Robert Hartleyis a hockey coach who was most recently the head coach for the Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League. He coached the Colorado Avalanche from 1998–2002, a period during which he won the Stanley Cup. He also coached the Atlanta Thrashers from the 2003–04 NHL season up until the beginning of the 2007–08 NHL season, when he was fired after the Thrashers got off to an 0–6 start. Hartley was enjoying a successful media career as a hockey...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 September 1960
CityHawkesbury, Canada
chased tonight typical
Tonight was not a typical Thrashers effort. We chased them all night. We didn't play our game.
games haunt plenty
When you look at the standings, it's all jumbled up. There's still plenty of games. But you don't want to give up games that could come back to haunt you at the end of the year.
great points running time
Time is running out. We don't have any points to give to anyone. We will need some great performances from everyone.
building leave sorry
To leave this building empty-handed is unbelievable. I feel very sorry for my players.
chances character good nice simply
We were simply not there, but we showed character and scored some nice goals. We generated a lot of good chances and did a lot of good things.
game looking losing race scores team tougher
We have the same team that we did before. But the race is getting tougher and tougher. It's only January, but we're already looking at scores after the game to see who's losing and who's winning.
looking
We went so long looking for the NHL goalie we were expecting. Now we have him.
cheating early focus work
We don't focus on the little details. Right now we're squeezing, we're squeezing the stick. If we would get an early goal, but we think that by cheating we're going to get that early goal, but it doesn't work like this.
chance giving special teams
You always have a chance when your special teams are on the job, especially on the road, and your goalie is giving you big saves.
hoping stage
We're are at that stage where we're really hoping for some help.
country dream elastic good represent trying
To represent your country is something you always dream of. He's good enough to play, but we see him in there every day working with the elastic bands, just trying to survive.
dressing guys playing room seeing within
We're playing with passion. These guys never quit. We're seeing within our dressing room guys committed, playing sick, and hurt.
broken cost guy head injury
You don't play with a head injury. You can come back from a broken leg, but ... a head injury could cost a guy his career.
boys feeling found fun great helmets special taste turned victory win
We found another way to win and it was a special one because we got to taste victory after a shootout. We had a great feeling on the bench, and the boys were having fun with their helmets turned around.