Eddie Olczyk
Eddie Olczyk
Edward Walter "Eddie" Olczyk, Jr.is a former professional hockey player and head coach from the United States. He was a center in the National Hockey League for 16 seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks, and Pittsburgh Penguins. Olczyk was also the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins from June 2003 to December 2005...
bounce line number power
He's always going to get his number called on the power play. And he's experienced enough to be able to bounce from line to line.
brought hockey sure tremendous
He's a tremendous hockey mind, and he's been around a long time. I'm sure he's brought a lot to that team.
instead standing watching
Certainly, standing and watching didn't help. Instead of being proactive, we were reactive.
best guy opportunity player three time wants
We want to give him the opportunity to become the best player he can, in all three zones. When a guy wants to play all the time and he wants the puck, it's important for us to give him those chances.
You have to know the time, you have to know the score, you have to know who's on the ice.
determination dressing excellent good great less penalty power settle timely
We did all the little things and got timely goals, the power play chipped in and we got great penalty killing and excellent goaltending and good determination in the dressing room. We weren't going to settle for anything less than a win.
both fit gave good guys job nicely played power ryan
Both guys played really well. Erik fit in very nicely and did a lot of good things, just really gave us a jolt in the middle. And Ryan played a lot of power play, did a good job killing penalties.
stick
We tell them, stick on the ice, stick on puck, stick on stick.
feeling fit looked sure
They kind of fit him in for a checkup. He said he was feeling fine, and just wanted to make sure he's being looked after.
camp fit guys might
There will be guys in this camp who might play really well but might not get an opportunity. But yes, there is room. Guys come in and out, guys are hurt, there's opportunity. It just comes down to where we think guys fit in for us.
bottom effort lack line matter maybe win wins
The bottom line is, we've got to find a way to win a game. The lack of wins hasn't been from effort or work; maybe it's just a matter of working a little smarter.
good heading training
We really feel good about the way we're heading into training camp.
dangerous early knew similar slide
We knew they were a dangerous team, we knew they were in the slide they have been in. We were in a similar slide early in the season.
expects flu last level stick stomach symptoms virus week work
I just know he had a stomach virus or flu symptoms last week and sometimes those things stick with you. And when you try to work through them and play at the level that he expects to play at, sometimes you don't let yourself get back (to being) completely healthy.