Brent Sutter
Brent Sutter
Brent Colin Sutteris a retired National Hockey Leagueplayer and former head coach of the New Jersey Devils and Calgary Flames. Selected by the New York Islanders 17th overall at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, Sutter played over 1,000 games for the Islanders and Chicago Blackhawks during his 18-year career. He won the Stanley Cup twice with the Islanders and was an All-Star. He represented Canada on numerous occasions, winning the Canada Cup three times...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth10 June 1962
changed game plan russians
It would not have changed the way we played. We would not have changed our game plan if the Russians scored one goal.
challenged couple good junior others players program sitting stands
There were a couple of players who were more responsible about it than others and I challenged them. I told them, 'Buy into the program or you don't play and how embarrassing would that be if you're sitting in the stands at the world junior championship and you're a good player?
bottom games goal hockey keeping line opposition sure win
The bottom line is we have to win hockey games and we've got to be one goal or more better than our opposition to do that. Let's just make sure we're keeping pucks out of our own net.
call far opportunity review suspension trust worth
The call was made. They had the opportunity to review it. As far as the IIHF was concerned, they didn't feel it was worth a suspension or worth a review. I trust them on that.
decided fine opportunity review worth
They had an opportunity to review it and decided it was not worth reviewing. I'm fine with that.
dog mentality team
We really have to have a junkyard dog mentality and that's the way we have to play. I want us to be a very disciplined, committed, hard-working team and in your face.
amazing couple happened last points run saw talked
We've talked about things that have happened here in the past. When you get on a run it's pretty amazing what can happen. You saw what happened a couple of years ago when we got points in something like 22 of our last 23 games.
dressing good knew
In our dressing room, we knew we have good goaltending.
bother goes seems strut
I just like his mindset, his attitude. Nothing seems to bother him and he's a got a little strut that goes with it.
felt knew level needed
I knew that our level of play would get up to where it needed to be. I felt comfortable with it.
call kinda sitting wondering
I'm kinda sitting here wondering what is a call and what isn't now.
biggest goals questioned score shut solid team whether
I never questioned whether we could score enough goals or not. My biggest thing from the get-go was: Can we be a solid enough team defensively to shut down our opposition?
everybody fed guy justin questioned seen year
I never questioned that he'd do it. I'd seen him so many times this year do it and Justin was the guy everybody fed off.
emotional intensity worried
I'm not worried at all about our intensity and emotional level.