Don Lucia
Don Lucia
Don Luciais the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey team. He has twice led the Golden Gophers to the NCAA National Championship title, in 2002 and 2003. Under Lucia, the Golden Gophers have won four MacNaughton Cups, the Broadmoor Trophy three times, and the Big Ten regular season championship in each of that league's first three seasons. He has coached one Hobey Baker Award winner, Jordan Leopold. He is one of 10 coaches to record more than...
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The reality of the game was what happened last night. Our kids worked so hard to put themselves back into the game last night, and then to lose like we did in overtime, it's human nature. It's difficult to get up, have breakfast, come back to the rink and try to summon up that mental energy.
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When he has the puck, he doesn't slow down. It's like in football, when they talk about 40 (yard) speed and game speed. Some great running backs seem quicker when they have the ball, and that's Phil with the puck on his stick.
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If Kellen hadn't been able to step up, we might have been down by two or three and the game would have been over.
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Danny had a great game tonight. These are games that are for men only. The top-end guys are supposed to be the ones delivering.
game last played team
Their team played more aggressive, more physical. They just played a better game than they did last night.
game
The game started at 3, we started at 4.
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Whoever plays the best will advance, regardless of where the game is played.
moved needed nice puck
I thought we moved the puck well, and Kellen was there when we needed him. We had some nice goals.
power
Our power play has got to get better.
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I still think they're in such good position when you look at the schedule the rest of the year. After our weekend, they play just teams that are in the lower division the rest of the way. And I still think last weekend is more of an aberration than anything else.
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We didn't play poorly. In fact, we competed real hard but Holy Cross was pretty good. They have a good goalie, good special teams and their top two lines are very skilled.
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For whatever the reason the last three weeks we didn't play very well. I shouldn't say very well, but we lost the emotion. This time of the year, you need to feel emotion.
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He has proven that at tournament time, he elevates his game.
blue time
He'll also get some time on the blue line.