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
assuming carry
I'm assuming that's the way it's going to be from here on in. That's what we've been told. I'm assuming it's going to carry on like (Saturday) and I know that's what the IIHF wants, too.
drafted impressive man saw seen surprised time
I haven't seen anything that's surprised me, ... I saw him a lot before we drafted him. He's an impressive young man and an impressive young player. He's got a long way to go, but he's going to play in the NHL for a long time one day.
changed disagree game plan russian russians
I have to disagree with the Russian coach. We would not have changed our game plan if the Russians had scored one goal.
comparing form good identity kids stuck team within
I am not going to get into comparing one team to the other. I said from Day 1 this team will form its own identity and it will be good within itself. I think the kids have stuck on the program.
everybody everywhere heard since talk
It's been the talk with everybody since the beginning. The fans. The media. We've heard it with everybody we've seen, everywhere we've been.
accomplish dressing everybody game goals means outside talk
It's been the talk of everybody outside our dressing room. This one game now means something because we've been able to accomplish our goals from then to now.
discipline
It's how we play as a team, the discipline in our own game.
certainly rally team
They certainly rally around him. They're certainly a different team with him in their lineup.
affects caught certain change far game gotten identity opposition philosophy plan stick
If you get too caught up in what the opposition is going to do, it really affects the way you play. We're not going to change as far as our philosophy and the way we need to play. We play a certain way and we're going to play that way. We'll make some adjustments, but we have to stick to our game plan and our identity and the way we need to play. It has gotten us this far ? we're not going to go a different route.
bones guys money stepped team three time took
I'm not making any bones about it: we have two or three guys who make a lot of money on this team, ... You know who they are and it's time they stepped up and took the team to another level.
difference dropped hard played playing prior
Everyone, from our goaltender on out, played hard tonight. It was a big difference from the other night. Tonight, we played like we had been playing prior to Tuesday, when we dropped off a bit.
change game philosophy stick
We are not going to change our philosophy and the way we need to play. We have to stick to our game plan.
against both generally hockey maybe teams waited
Maybe they'll play differently against us; I don't know. I thought both teams (last night) were generally very trapping hockey teams and they waited for opportunities.
against confidence games good time
Any time you go through two games as we have and against two very good opponents, and we get goaltending like we did, it's huge. It's always a confidence builder, and even more so when you have a young team.