Dave Tippett
Dave Tippett
David G. "Dave" Tippettis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and the current head coach of the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League. He is the sixth head coach of the Coyotes and the 21st coach in the Phoenix Coyotes/Winnipeg Jets franchise...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 August 1961
CityMoosomin, Canada
follow good grind hit people plays puck seemed
The puck seemed to follow him around. He was always on the puck and making good plays. He's not going to hit a lot of people or grind you up. But he makes good plays under pressure.
good
When you do it and do it well, it's a good sting. That's the difference.
adverse building character hope played trip
We've played well in some adverse situations. I hope that trip was some character building for our team.
game hockey honest looking sloppy
When you play sloppy like that, you get what you deserve. You're just looking for an honest hockey game from your team, and for the most part we got it. We didn't get it from everybody.
five marty whether win
Whether it's Marty or the team, you can't win if you give up five in the playoffs.
concerns game perception
We do have concerns with the perception of our game and the credibility of our game.
came challenge dominating games great integral second strong
We put the challenge to him and he made a great impression. They can be a very dominating line. The thing about them is that they are so big and strong and in back-to-back games they came out and were just as strong the second night. They were an integral part of our win.
capable deprived people physical playing
We don't feel we're deprived in that area. We feel we have people capable of playing very physical and very hard.
amazed care far few marks odd player players question
You always have some question marks about the odd player here or there, but they are so few and far between. With the way the players take care of themselves, I'd be amazed if there's very many positives.
angry anxious hope planning sooner stages start
You go through stages after getting bounced sooner than you'd hope to. You go through your angry stage, where you feel like you should still be playing. And then you go through the stage where you start planning and want to get things corrected. And then you get to the anxious stage, where you feel like you want to get going and get some of the planning out of the way. We're getting to the anxious stage here. We want to get going and see what we come up with.
chance smart
We didn't want to take a chance with it. It's just being smart and not doing anything crazy.
deserved exactly hard knew played
We knew exactly what was coming. I don't think we played hard enough. Not with enough urgency, we deserved our fate.
players playing
To say he's not playing well because he's not scoring. ... There are some players you can say that about. Jere isn't one of them.
anybody bodies chance continue decision game glad healthy obviously serious team vulnerable
We're obviously glad that it's nothing too serious with Mike, but we'll just see how he is Saturday. That's a decision we'll make at game time. We do have some healthy bodies around, so we're not going to take a chance with anybody and put anybody in a vulnerable situation. But that being said, we want to continue to play well as a team -- and he's a big part of our team.