Brian Durocher
Brian Durocher
Brian Durocher is an American ice hockey coach. He has spent almost 40 years as a coach after a collegiate playing career that saw him win the 1978 National Championahip and has been the head coach of Boston University's women's team since 2004. Durocher spent most of the intervening period as an assistant for several schools, including two separate stints at BU, but served as the interim head coach at Colgate when Terry Slater died during the 1991–92 season...
crowd everybody fans help knowing noise people playing rink
We can get 300-400 people here in Walter Brown. Knowing the bounces, playing in our own rink and the crowd noise from the fans help everybody play better.
knowing longer momentum positive pressure puts start stay teams underdog win
We've got to start getting some positive momentum. A win is very important for us and the positive momentum will snowball. And the longer we stay in games, the more pressure it puts on other teams knowing that the underdog is still competing.
certainly game odds schedule second
Certainly in the second game we were more prepared. I like our odds better here at Walter Brown, but that's the way the schedule falls.
goals good kids players puck shoot system whatever
But whatever your system is, you still have to have good players and we had some kids who would shoot the puck and would get goals around the net.
game thorough worst
This was probably our worst game of the year. We didn't play a thorough game and it showed.
defensive game good hoping
We need to have a good defensive effort. I am hoping that we can keep it a real competitive game and play well defensively.
brown excellence excited good national standing team tradition
Brown has a long standing tradition of excellence. They are a well-coached team and a national power. We are excited for another good test.
chance effort either wonderful
A to Z it was a wonderful effort by her. I don't think she had any chance on either goal.
few game goals player three
Wright-Ward was the player of the game for them. She was one of the three stars, getting a few goals and an assist.
few missed offensive power quite second several sound
We missed on a few offensive opportunities in the second as well as several power play opportunities. We could have come away with it, but we weren't quite as sound as they were.
extra few huge impact played saves team
She played tremendous. She has a huge impact on our team. With a team like ours, sometimes we need a few extra saves and she did that for us tonight.
came hit hitting instead late open played post puck save unnoticed
She played great. There was one play that I think went a little unnoticed where, late in the game, she made a save where she just tipped a puck and it hit off the post instead of hitting an open net, and it was little things like that where she came up big for us tonight.
maine solid strong talented team
Maine is a team that has some talented and strong kids. They play a real solid game.
bunch loose situation snapped
It was another situation where we got to a bunch of loose pucks. She got it and snapped it into the net.