Glen Hanlon
Glen Hanlon
Glen A. Hanlonis a Canadian ice hockey coach and executive. He has been serving as general manager of the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey Leaguesince May 2016...
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I think the two people involved would likely wish it would just go away. This time it's not quite the same as it was the first time. There's special games for each player in the room. It's a close group, and I'm sure they would like to win for Alex, but it's just our next game.
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I think this is a good confidence booster for this young club. You know, before we went to Anaheim, I think we lost like eight straight (eight of nine), so it's been a long time coming. It's always good to win back-to-back games, especially on the road.
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He finished the game and looked like he had no problem. When he took his gloves off, it didn't look like he was all bandaged up or anything. My answer always is: If he's injured and can't play, I'll deal with it. If not, I don't want to occupy my time with things that haven't happened. I don't want to create problems for myself.
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Our next step of improvement is to play a 20-game stretch where we go .500. If you play .500 for 20 games, that's a pretty good cross-section of the schedule. We haven't spent a lot of time focusing on those things. We've tried to get better and improve and work on our systems. Winning will be a byproduct of that.
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I thought our guys played hard and we're proud of them. We played right through to the end. We're a physical team, and we're going to make teams pay the price.
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I respect the fact he's worked hard through this and been a good team player for us. Anytime there's been a skate or practice or meeting, whatever, he's given us 100 percent of his time and effort. But he's made it clear he wants to leave.
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We have some work ahead of us, but we're not focusing on our first exhibition game. We're focusing on the light at the end of the tunnel. We want to make sure all steps are taken before we get to the regular season.
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We'll watch this tape and use it as a teaching tool for our group.
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I thought it was a good game until the fourth goal. That was kind of a backbreaker.
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Knowing him the way I do, it would have to be pretty serious to keep him out of the lineup.
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That caught me off guard a little bit. We're still waiting to get him better so he can play. It's been a long time; he's week-to-week.
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I think our system can utilize his speed to the fullest. We like to apply pressure and get up the ice in a hurry, so I think this system is perfect for him. It's a fairly simple system -- it frees people to skate.
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When you have not won here in eight years, it's not these guys' fault.
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We knew that it was going to be a penalty-fest. It's a good game for us to learn what we can get away with and what you can't get away with.