Lindy Ruff
Lindy Ruff
Lindy Cameron Ruffis a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. Ruff is the current head coach for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. During his playing career, Ruff played in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers. Ruff was previously the head coach of the Sabres from 1997 to 2013 and won the Jack Adams Award as Coach of the Year in 2006...
attention certain drafted glory next people pride saying
The attention has been there for Crosby. That comes with being drafted No. 1 overall, Canada's pride and glory and certain people saying he's the next Gretzky.
game however key time
That flurry he faced, he made the saves. However he made them, he made them at a key time of the game for us.
fairly handled team
It's been the one team that has really handled us fairly easily. There's no disguising that. We need to make a statement.
adversity battle cards dealt last message tough until
They just never quit. They battle through adversity. The message is when you're dealt tough cards you give it your all and you go until the last whistle.
adversity battle resilience
They just never quit. They battle through adversity and don't quit. ... Again, we demonstrated a lot of resilience and made enough plays.
became bit capable energy fun players provided
They've provided energy we've needed. You look at our lineup, I thought we just became little bit stale. They've injected some energy, some enthusiasm, a willingness to do things other players aren't capable of doing, and they're having fun playing.
early smile ugly
There was a lot to smile about early on, but it was getting ugly and I didn't think there was any need for the ugliness.
fired gave momentum trade
A big trade like that gave them a lot of momentum right off the bat. I thought they were pretty fired up.
acted advantage early great took
The more they acted like idiots, the more we wanted to play. But we took advantage of some early plays, and they were great plays, but nothing to go down that road.
miss
It's a big hit. He's a game-breaker and we're going to miss him.
game goals miss scores
It's a big hit. Danny's a game breaker. He scores big goals at big times. We're going to miss him.
area job needed win
It's the one area we've really been working on. We did a much better job tonight, and we needed it to win the game.
emotion emotions playoff situation spill start three
It makes for an interesting three days. You can have a lot of emotion spill over. Really, it's going to feel like the start of a playoff series, and not that often do you get that situation in our league.
focus team
I've got to focus on my team and how I want them to play and that's where it's all going to lie. I was emotional, he was emotional. I'm over it.