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...
guys heads held last points proud
Our guys have done an unbelievable job. To get 16 of our last 18 points is something to be proud of. Their heads should be held high.
bitter game hell start
I thought we did a hell of a job. From the start of the game to the bitter end, the desperation was there.
chances gotten guys last liability punishing purpose scoring served
I thought we got what we needed. We've gotten scoring chances out of them, they haven't been a liability when they've been on the ice, and they've had some punishing hits. Those guys have really served their purpose the last two games.
bite chance
I thought that chance was going to come back to bite us, but it didn't.
benefit fans hard seen
I think we've seen the benefit of how we play, and the fans have come back. They like how we play and how hard we work, and it's just something you want to keep going.
coached talented team
I think this is the most talented team that I've coached here.
beat believes guy room
I think every guy in that room believes we can beat them.
guys looked punched sweat upstairs
Our guys upstairs said right away that it looked like he punched it in but I still think you have to sweat it out because you never know what's going to happen.
deep speed
We're deep on speed up front. That's the new game.
close inches yard
We're close now. If we were a yard away, we're inches away now.
awful close dig dug kept ourselves passing shooting tried until
We dug ourselves a hole, and we tried to dig ourselves out of it. We kept it close until late, but they didn't give up a lot. Our passing was awful and our shooting was worse.
battle kept tough types
Well, it's a tough goal. But we've been able to battle through those types of goals. I thought we just kept coming. We battled back...
momentum played power special teams threw
We played them pretty even for most of the game. But our power play struggled, and that threw a lot of momentum off because it was all special teams early.
execution played
We played them pretty even for most of the game. But our execution was not very good.