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
decisions goals poor
There were poor decisions on our part. You can't give away goals like that. Those are frustrating ones for a coach.
adversity challenge desperate good guys looked playing
It's a challenge when we're playing desperate teams. We looked tired. Even when we were pushing, we looked tired. We have to get the guys some rest. But I think this adversity can be good for us if we use it to our advantage.
affected series wonder
I wonder how the whole series has affected him.
confidence guys hopefully hot
Goal-scorers are guys who can get hot when they get confidence and can go on a run. Not much has been going in. Hopefully this will get him going.
gone
It may have gone the other way now in that if you don't have Europeans, then you don't have enough skill.
apply knows players willing
A lot of players are well-coached, but the player has to be willing to take it into the game. He does that. He knows how to apply himself.
break expected few time
It wasn't unexpected. Actually, I probably expected a few more. It will take time to break some habits.
against decent good halfway incentive playoffs pushed pushing ways win
I've thought about that before. If we had just been halfway decent against L.A., we probably would have pushed it a little farther. But this is good incentive for us right now. One of the ways to make the playoffs is to win your division, and that was something we set out to do right from the start. We've got to keep pushing in that direction.
credit hard point realize successful team worked
This team has worked hard to get to this point in the season, and you have to give them a lot of credit for that. But I think we realize that this work is just the preliminary work you have to put in if you want to be successful in the playoffs.
coach good respect spend time views wives work
We've been good friends for a long time. I respect what he's done as a coach and his work ethic. We have a lot of the same views about the game. We spend a lot of time chatting. Over the years we got to be good friends and our wives are good friends.
marty needs saves win
We need Marty to make some more saves for us. We've got to find a way to win and he needs to be a big part of it.
earn good
You have to earn the right to be a good team. You have to earn it every day during the season.
earn focused good great group leaders ourselves preparing prove time
We've got a great group of guys, great leaders who've focused on preparing for the playoffs. This is the time when you earn your stripes. We've put ourselves in good position; now we have to go prove it in the playoffs.
determined finding panic players push pushing toward ways
The players are determined and they're finding ways to win. They push toward it without pushing the panic button.