George Gwozdecky
George Gwozdecky
George Gwozdecky is a Canadian ice hockey coach. He resigned as an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey Leaguein June 2015. He has recently accepted a job as the head hockey coach at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, CO...
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If we did, it wasn't a scoring chance. I'm not disappointed at the loss, I'm disappointed in the way we performed.
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Hats off to St. Cloud. They played very well tonight. They took advantage of all the bounces that not only they created, but perhaps some that we created for them.
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Give credit to Minnesota's penalty-kill unit. We didn't execute our power play on either five-minute advantage and Minnesota took advantage. We'll regroup and be ready to go tomorrow night.
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Throughout the season, Matt's been able to play at a very high level. It's not often that a defenseman is able to be among the top scorers in the league. That tells you how gifted he is offensively. He also is our No. 1 guy matching up with other team's top line. He's extremely valuable to us. Out of all the teams we played, I don't recall seeing a defenseman on the ice better than Matt.
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We wanted to create some good bounces for ourselves, and yet not only do they get the first goal, but two of the first three goals went off us. Those are difficult things to swallow, especially when you're trying as hard as this team has been.
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Both Glenn and Peter are the kind of athletes that, after a poor performance, they usually rebound really well.
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(Tonight), Game 2 of the series, we need it. We need to win that game, and we need to perform better. And I'm very positive that we will.
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One of the challenges we have is not allowing our team to look ahead. (Looking ahead) really takes your energy off what you really need to -focus on. We're too experienced to fall for that foolish way of looking at things.
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Earl is their quickest player. He can break a game open.
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I use this term a little tongue-in-cheek, but they are finally getting interested. But I think there is some truth to that. Our guys are very aware of what's at stake, and when you can see the end of the regular season coming around and you've put yourself in contention, your heart's not beating if you can't get excited.
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No question, these games mean an awful lot to us. Minnesota, Colorado College and North Dakota, those are the three teams we finish with. I don't see any way we can sweep the table. But if we're able to get a win or two...
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They are special players. They have great stick skills, but will learn early how quick the game is and how strong the opposing players are.
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As I've jokingly said to some of the people out here, some of our veterans are starting to get interested. No question, we're playing our best hockey of the season right now.
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That opened some eyes and a sense of urgency took over. I don't think I'd define this as a great team, because we can still struggle at times, but we've improved quite a bit.