Brian Kilrea
Brian Kilrea
Brian Blair "Killer" Kilreais a retired ice hockey head coach, general manager, and player. He is most notable for his 35-year association with the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League. Kilrea is an esteemed member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in the builders' category...
moves wonder
A lot of moves are made and you wonder who did it,
guys moral victory win won
I think a moral victory comes more when you win a game. But at least some of our guys know that we can play, and we could have won it.
fans played
All I know is we won, we survived, now it's a 2-out-of-3 and we'll see our fans Sunday. I don't think we could have played any better than we did in the first period. We played really well.
healthy looking somebody
It's not healthy to keep three, ... Somebody is always looking over his shoulder.
carry extremely half last rink second whether
They're always a hardworking team, whether it's in their rink or our rink, ... They did extremely well in the second half last year, and I think that's going to carry over into this year.
easier last saved
It would have saved us that last 50 seconds. It's a lot easier on coaches.
dropping positions worried
He wasn't worried about dropping positions (in the draft). He just wanted to play, ... We never advertised it, but we know what he did.
certainly coach earned greatest head opportunity respect
I have the greatest respect for Vince and he has earned the opportunity to be a head coach which he most certainly deserves.
hurt kidding
Is it going to hurt? You're not kidding it's going to hurt.
league top
He's their Danny. I think he's been a top goaltender in this league for years,
activity draft
There could be more activity for him after the draft than through it.
afford goal potential
We can't afford to have any of our potential goal scorers out, especially him.
kid tom
Tom Dempsey (the team's goalie coach) thought that the kid battled really well,
gave
We gave it away, that made it 3-1, and we sagged after that.