Michel Therrien
Michel Therrien
Michel Therrienis a Canadian ice hockey coach, who is currently the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. Prior to his current stint with Montreal, Therrien had previously coached the Canadiens for three seasons and then the Pittsburgh Penguins...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 November 1963
CityMontreal, Canada
afraid decision goes next
I'm not afraid to play him back to back. We'll see how it goes (tonight) and then make a decision for the next day.
create fourth guys ice playing quality three time top understand
For guys like him, it's tough. He's in and out of the lineup. We want him to be aggressive, we want him to create some offense. But at the same time, I understand that he's playing on the fourth line, so the quality of his ice time is not the same as guys on the top three lines.
compact games nice period practice quality schedule short time work
We'll have some quality practice time. This year, the schedule is so compact with so many games in such a short period of time that will be nice to get to work on our system.
followed great half lead league loose plan start taking team tough
We had a great start the first half of the game. We followed the plan really well. It's a tough league to have a four-goal lead because sometimes you loose your concentration, and the other team is taking a lot of chances.
build finally followed good great plan
We had a great start. We followed the plan really well. We did a lot of good things and finally we can build on the positive.
against best breaks calls few hard ice played team though win worked
Yeah, we played hard. We worked hard and played hard and I though we were the best team on the ice tonight, but we need breaks to win games. We didn't have any breaks -- all the breaks were against us. A few calls were against us, so it was one of those nights.
felt needs plays stuff work
We felt that we wanted him to play, to work on some stuff he needs to work on, to make plays and stuff like that.
call difference figured referee road turned
We figured it should have been a five-minute major. But the referee didn't call it. Turned out to be down the road the difference in the game, but there's nothing we can do about it.
against five top unit
We like our unit of five against top players.
happy hockey
We wanted him to concentrate on his game. Take away all of the distractions. I'm more than happy for him and for our hockey team.
allow break key note onto penalty phenomenal played positive power storm time weathered
We're going into the break onto a positive note and that was important. We weathered the storm in the first period. Marc-Andre was phenomenal in the first, he made some key saves. The power play played really well and penalty killing for the first time in a long time didn't allow a goal.
found good guys home needed played prove strong themselves
We found a way. That's a good thing, especially after the way we played at home. I think guys have a lot of things to prove to themselves and their teammates. We needed a strong game, and we got a strong game.
bad confidence decisions rushed rushing
We made some bad decisions. When you don't win, you're tense. You probably don't think the same way. You're rushing things because the confidence is not there. We rushed some decisions. That was a big part.
execute plan playing second supposed team tough
We started playing in the second period. We started to execute our plan in the second period. When we're doing what we're supposed to do, we're a tough team to play against.