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...
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I didn't think at any part of the game we really brought our A game. We kind of hung in there and showed some heart, but at no point did we really control the game.
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Games are decided on special teams. Ultimately, we lost this battle against BC, and we want to improve that against Maine.
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It's not so much revenge as it is a constant pride to do as well as you can. A lot of these kids will play together this summer in different hockey venues, so it's a reclaiming of self-pride to get out there and win games.
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The biggest disappointment was our slowness in the first period. We did not play with continuity, while Providence played sound defensively.
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They were penalties I could live with. Sometimes you go in strong and draw penalties. The ones that drive coaches crazy are the hooks from behind.
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They have to motivate themselves. I will remain very positive about their commitment to the team. I am not going to single anyone out.
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It's fair for both teams. You take what's given to you in the schedule, if you tried to create a perfect schedule - well you probably could never do that.
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It's another test for us to be prepared and put our best foot forward. We want people to have a sense that BU comes to play every night.
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They're obviously not anyone we take lightly. They are definitely going to have some motivation. They obviously don't want to lose the season series to us, a first-year team.
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They beat us to rebounds on a few goals. Even so, we never quit.
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The first time we played them, their attack was pretty darn effective. They scored seven goals and made it look pretty easy. We didn't play smart, strong or quick enough to compete with them.
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The first game against them was a game that they controlled. They played a top-notch game and we got a little intimidated. We never quite recovered from that.
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All I ever saw Sarah Russell play was forward. I asked her two days before the season started, 'What are your thoughts about playing defense?' and she said, 'Oh I love it, I've played it all my life.' But she has wonderful stick skills and an innate confidence as a competitor, and she was clearly one of our top defensemen all year.
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The goaltenders stood strong and kept it a tie. Give Brown a lot of credit for playing a great game.