Gerry Fleming
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Gerry Fleming
Gerald Alexander Flemingis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 11 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens. He previously served as the interim coach of the Oklahoma City Barons. On July 21, 2015 he was named the head coach of the Bakersfield Condors...
bench chances cuts games hockey momentum penalties personnel power takes using win
You can't win hockey games that way. Chances are you're using the same personnel to kill penalties that you have on the power play so it cuts your bench short. It takes away any kind of momentum that you have.
charlotte december early game last loss played
You have to go back to that (blowout) loss to Charlotte in early December for the last game where we played like that.
beaten park tough walk
To think we're going to go up there and it's going to be a walk in the park is wrong. They haven't beaten us all year. They're hungry. They're in our same division. We're banged up right now and we know it's going to be tough up there.
coming cute everybody fancy great guys happens looked players playing puck skilled turned wants
We're getting too cute, too fancy (with passes). That's what happens when you got new guys coming into the lineup that are skilled players playing with guys who are skilled players. Everybody wants to show off and show how great they are and how fancy they can make things happen. As a result, we turned the puck over and we all looked like we had no idea what we were doing.
mistake reality thinking
Yeah, there were (defensive) breakdowns but there were also variables into having those breakdowns. I think a lot of the mistakes that we made are definitely preventable, but they're a lapse of mental awareness and that happens with fatigue. I'm not trying to make excuses. This is just the reality of the situation.