Dave Hakstol
Dave Hakstol
Dave Hakstolis the head coach for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. A native of Warburg, Alberta, Canada, Hakstol was head coach of the University of North Dakota men's ice hockey team for 11 seasons. Hakstol played for the Fighting Sioux from 1989 to 1992 and in the International Hockey League for five years before becoming a coach...
battles game hockey played tight time virtually
We've had tight battles with virtually every time we've played them. It was a playoff-type hockey game tonight.
advance expected frozen maybe others period says teams won
You can look back over a long period of time. Some of the teams that won it at UND were expected to and others maybe not so much. It says a lot about how important it is to have the right to advance to the Frozen Four.
certainly fought happy hard opportunity
We fought real hard to get this opportunity, but we're certainly not happy just getting there.
game played start
We got off to the start we wanted. We established our game and played physically.
easier game heck key lead obviously playing third three trying
When you're playing your third game in three days, it's a heck of a lot easier playing with the lead than it is trying to play catch-up. So getting a two-goal lead was obviously a key for us.
add continue expect good guy guys jump lead league year
We're not going to expect a guy to jump into the league his first year and lead the WCHA in defenseman scoring. That's not realistic. I think our young guys are doing a good job, but they can continue to get better and continue to add more offense. We want them to do that.
ease open
We open up with Manitoba and then do not ease into our schedule.
ability awful character locker mind next room sticks turn unfinished
Those are things we'll turn to next week. We've got an awful lot of ability, an awful lot of character in our locker room that will be returning. And the one thing that sticks out in my mind is we have some unfinished business.
badly bounce deep fact figure game guys home last leave minutes plain puck themselves within
The plain fact is that some guys really have to look deep within themselves and figure out how badly they want to play. You can't come out and play rope-a-dope for two periods. On our home ice, you don't want to leave a game to a bounce of the puck in the last 20 minutes and we did. And this is what you get, a 1-0 loss.
bit carry extra gave goal locker momentum playing relaxed
When we went down 2-0, I actually thought we were playing pretty good. The first goal we scored was important. It relaxed us a bit and gave us a little extra confidence. Then we scored at the end of the first and we were able to carry that momentum with us into the locker room.