Gerard Gallant
Gerard Gallant
Gerard "Turk" Gallantis a Canadian ice hockey coach and former NHL player. He is currently the head coach for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League...
gas hard nights played ran third
I think they ran out of gas in the third period. They played back-to-back nights and we played really hard in the third period. We were really disappointed with our first two periods.
cost great half hockey period played problem season third
We didn't show up to play for a period and a half and it cost us the hockey game. We played a great third period, but it's just one period -- we can't do it for 60 minutes. That's been our problem all season long.
five great minutes period playing score second takes third three
We weren't playing great in the second period but we were playing okay. Then they come out and score three in the first five minutes of the third period. It takes a lot out of your team.
night playing ran second third
They (the Minnesotans) ran out of gas. They were playing the second night of a back-to-back. We were disappointed with our second period, we got after it in the third and they ran out of gas.
cute game periods played second third though
Once we got through the first 10 minutes, I though we?d be OK. But then the second and third periods were just the high-risk, cute kind of game we haven?t played in a while.
awful fortunate hockey played second third
We played awful hockey in the second and third periods. We were fortunate it was only 3-1.
days fatigue four game third three
It was our third game in four nights, and (Detroit) had three days off. I don?t know if fatigue had anything to do with it, but it?s still disappointing. Because after 25 minutes, we were right there.
break chances early game goal good periods played third tight
It was a real tight game for two periods then they got the early power-play goal and we kind of played on our heels. We had our chances though. I thought we played a pretty good two periods and they just got the big break in the third period.
blue cost couple dumb goal line plays twice within
I think we made a couple of dumb plays that cost us. We were within a goal twice and we gambled a couple of times on the blue line and it cost us big time.
gave scoring
We had a lot of breakdowns and gave them a lot of scoring chances.
stand
When something?s not working, you have to try different things. You can?t just stand pat.
game games hard playoffs possible shoot win
(The playoffs are) not going to be something we?re going to shoot for. But we?re going to come out and try and play hard every game and win as many games as possible and get things going in the right direction.
checking four goals worked
When you get four goals from your checking line, it's huge. They worked so hard.
dressing game guys hockey played team won
We were the better team tonight. We should have won the hockey game but we didn't. The guys played their tails off. I can't go in there (the dressing room) and tell them they didn't play well. They know they played well.