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...
ability abundance create defend offense skate
They don't have an abundance of ability to create offense but they skate well and defend very well.
bounce fast final group guys recovered resilient
We never recovered after Minnesota's fast start. Our guys battled in the final period, but it was too late. We're a resilient group and we'll bounce back.
allowed close early face games guys half kinds last might month period practice remember season telling third
I remember back in the early part of the season when we were in close games in the third period and telling the guys we might as well get used to these kinds of games and get better at these kinds of games because we were going to face these games down the stretch. Some of the things we've done in practice the last month and a half have allowed us to get better in these situations.
friends-or-friendship great
I'm not a friend. But when they graduate, we become friends ? sometimes great friends.
alter college concentration focus great hockey matter players situation strong
His focus and concentration have always been so strong that no matter what is going on around him, he doesn't alter his course. I've always thought that great players always play at the same level, no matter what the situation is. That's what made Matt Carle such an outstanding college hockey player.
point rotation season stay
I don't see why we're going to change. At this point in time, I think we're going to stay with the same rotation we've had all season long.
celebrate sure sweeter
I told them, 'Thank you very much. But it sure would be a lot sweeter to celebrate after No. 405,'
class cream difficult expose four given good gotten great rises senior strong team tough weaknesses year
It's tough to find any weaknesses and probably even more difficult to expose those weaknesses if you find any. They are a team like every year in the WCHA, where the cream rises to the top. They've gotten strong play from all four of their classes, and they've got a good senior class that has given great leadership.
blocking brought ice passes quick shots stripping
Stripping the puck, blocking shots and making quick passes up ice are more the things he brought to our program.
anybody catch difficult
It's going to be very difficult for anybody to catch them.
adrian bound brings confidence crucial experience minutes played players plays regular team time veteran
Any time you can get one of your regular veteran players back in the lineup, it's bound to help. Especially at that crucial position. Adrian has played a lot of minutes over the years and has made some big-time plays for us. He brings that confidence and that experience and that know-how to our team that we need.
course score ship
They couldn't score and didn't play as well defensively. But once he got healthy, the ship was righted and they were right back on course again.
ability continued great open others people
And he's only continued to get better and better. He's a great passer; he has the ability to see people who are open where others don't.
developing last team time year
I think it's developing on this team at this time of year as to how we need to play. How we need to play this year is really different this year than it was last year and probably the year before.