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
bad chance close feet guys harder mentality personnel scoring team win work
Most of the penalties, they were not even scoring chances. Sometimes they were close to 200 feet away from our net. Those are bad penalties. We're going to have to be smarter. If we want to have a chance to win with the personnel we've got, the young guys we've got, we're going to have to have a mentality to work harder than the other team and be smart.
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.
against chips coming ethic front game good guys hard knew net playing quality rebounds road sure time tough wall work worked
Every time you're coming down from a long road trip, the first game is always tough to play. We knew we were playing against a quality team. I thought our work ethic was there, so that's a good sign. Physically, we didn't back down. They were physical, and we were physical. But they have experienced players, and we have a lot of young players. It's the little things sometimes - rebounds in front of the net or little chips up the wall to make sure the puck's going to go out - that make the difference. But our guys really worked hard tonight.
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.
good great guys mario nice players playing score seeing team tonight tribute
It's nice to get a reward, seeing your team like we have been seeing here. They have been playing pretty hard, but they never get rewarded. Finally, tonight, there were a lot of guys who had a great game. It was a good team effort. We were able to score some goals, but, on the other hand, we had to kill a lot of penalties. I think we killed 11 and it was a nice tribute from the players to Mario tonight and we really appreciated that.
direction
I think we are in the right direction and it's going to be positive, but I know they can play better. Eventually.
chances good phenomenal
Marc-Andre was phenomenal and we capitalized on our chances and did a lot of good things.
chances good
Marc-Andre was phenomenal, and we capitalized on our chances and did a lot of good things.
against five top unit
We like our unit of five against top players.
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.
liked worked
We worked hard. We were aggressive. I really liked the way we played.
game last mind played react saw three
Yeah, I like what I saw from the way they played the last game and even the game before, when we made that move. This is something I had in my mind for two or three weeks, how he was going to react as a winger.
concentration ethic mentioned moment percent slip team work
We're a team that our work ethic has to be 100 percent, our concentration has to be 100 percent and our desperation has to be 100 percent. At the moment that we slip away a little bit, we are going to be in real trouble. (Saturday) all the things I just mentioned were not there at all and it was embarrassing. An embarrassing performance. That's all I have to say.
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.