Dallas Drake
Dallas Drake
Dallas James Drakeis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger in the National Hockey League who last played for the Detroit Red Wings. Previously, Drake played for the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, and St. Louis Blues. Drake played his college hockey at Northern Michigan University...
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That was unacceptable. We just refused to shoot the puck.
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The Phoenix game the other night had 27 penalties in it, so that's pretty much the whole game somebody's on the power play. Believe it or not, you almost have got to forget about the score and just try and play the game as best you can with the new rule changes. I know that's hard to think about it that way, but you've got to teach yourself to adjust to the new rules as quickly as possible.
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We've got to get back to remember what we did to give us success when we were winning. What gave us success was everybody contributed, it wasn't one or two guys.
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We've played a lot of games in January and up to this point. And we'll play a lot after the break. So it's important for guys to get the rest.
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Unfortunately, I'm one of the guys that gets too emotional. So I've got to learn to pull the reins back a little bit. Sometimes I say things I shouldn't say. I'm going to try and get better in that area, not yell at the refs too much.
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We got into a little bit of a pond hockey game there, and that can get you in trouble.
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You look at some of how young our forwards are, but they've really stepped to the forefront and made the difference in us winning and losing hockey games. And our goaltending has been out of this world.
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We're not very pretty to watch, but we work really hard. We keep it real simple and that's the only way we give ourselves a chance every night.
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Until you get to step on the ice with him every day, you don't realize how much he puts into it.
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He's a very skilled guy; we always knew that.
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He was just a dynamic player, and he didn't get enough credit for his defensive play. He was great in his own zone.
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He looked good. We had a pretty short practice but I thought he looked really good.
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We threw him to the wolves a little bit early in the year and he lost his confidence a little bit. But he went down (to Peoria), played really well, and the last couple games he's been outstanding.
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He knows how much we expect out of him every night, and he's been great on and off the ice for us.