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...
consistent goal heard home ice league middle ncaa playing regional secure since
Being at home for the regional is very important and something we've heard about all year, but an NCAA berth is just the byproduct of playing well during the season. Our play has been pretty consistent since the middle of January. Our goal right now is to secure home ice for the league playoffs.
bump chance
Hopefully, we'll get a chance to bump into him.
composure gained puck shot
He's really gained some composure and puck poise. And he's got that big shot from the point.
ready
He's ready to go, he's ready to play. He wouldn't be in the lineup if he wasn't ready to play.
season technical
I don't want to get into anything technical because I'm not a doctor. But it is season ending.
chalk positive sharper step tonight took weekend
I chalk that up to nothing more than coincidence. Tonight we were just sharper offensively than we were on Friday. We didn't get a lot of chances, but the ones we had, we made count. We wanted to take one step this weekend and we took one positive step.
anybody areas effort efforts happy liked performance saw second
I don't think anybody was too happy with our performance and effort (Thursday) night. I thought as a team, we responded well to the challenge. I really liked the second efforts we saw in all different areas - not just the goals.
close gets good group guys maybe pride says team
The No. 1 thing it says is that what our team is doing offensively maybe gets more of the headlines. But if you take a close look at this team, they're a group of guys who take a lot of pride in good team defense.
awful change expected friday morning sunday work
Things change an awful lot. From Friday morning to Sunday morning, those standings can take on a whole different look. There's nothing expected or guaranteed. You have to go out and work for what you get.
battle final forward hockey proud step took
It was a battle out there, right down to the final buzzer. I'm very, very proud of our hockey team. We took another step forward tonight.
brings brought certain leader leadership level obvious offense time veteran year
It was obvious what (Stafford) added. Not only the offense he brings, he also brings a certain level of calmness. He's been a leader in that way. The more veteran leadership this time of year is a big positive. I thought he brought some real stability.
control hockey six talked talking weeks win
That's all we've talked about. For six weeks we've been talking about how we can only control what we do, and we've got to win hockey games.
areas guys plays score three zones
(The freshmen) made a lot of plays in a lot of areas of the game, not only getting on the score sheet. Guys made plays in all three zones in the rink. That's positive.
college four great hockey sign teams
You've got four very competitive regions. It's a great sign for where college hockey is at. All 16 teams are competitive.