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
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.
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.
skill
I think what everyone underestimated about us was our skill level.
confidence full hockey people program skill stuck team
I think a lot of people underestimated the skill on this hockey team. I had full confidence in this team and that if they stuck with the program they'd be successful.
coming five game games last rule seven won
The 24-hour rule is on for us with another big game coming up. We've won five of our last seven games and we have to keep it going.
assumption dictate difficult game hockey rules
That was a two-hour, 45-minute hockey game. There is always the assumption these rules were put in to make the game more entertaining, but that is not entertaining hockey. It's not something you want to see in the game. We can't let it dictate how we need to play, but it makes it difficult to coach.
played team
Listen, this team we played (last night) played well. They're a big team and they can skate.
bother call decided fine looked opportunity review reviewing tape trust whether worth
It doesn't bother me at all. Whether you like it or not, it's irrelevant. The call was made and (the IIHF) had the opportunity to review it and they looked at the tape and decided it wasn't worth reviewing and I'm fine with that. I trust them on that.
gross leg players until
The players thought it was pretty gross because my leg was just black. I limped around until the end of January.
opponent tough
We've got to get better and we will get better. That being said, our opponent was a tough opponent. At the end of a day, it's a win.
attention awareness bench cheating detail
We weren't cheating tonight. Our attention to detail was that much better. Our awareness was much better and our awareness on the bench was much better.
far playing
We got this far playing as a team.
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.
build good hockey strategy
We are not going to build a whole strategy around him. Hey, we all know he is a very good hockey player. We think we have 22 very good hockey players.