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
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.
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.
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.
expected played solid
He was solid defensively, and he played the way I expected him to.
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.
deserve game good played tough win
We deserve better. We played a good game. Lately, it's like to win a game you need breaks, we don't have breaks. You need some calls, we don't have the calls. It's tough to swallow.
best confidence liked played wish
I liked the way he played; that's why we called him up. He played with confidence. We wish him the best in Atlanta.
moved played solid
He played really well. He moved the puck, and he was solid defensively. He played like I was expecting.
came felt period played power second
He came to see us after the second period and felt that he could try on the power play and we played him on the power play.
almost break game played saw tv
I saw the game on TV when they played here, and Caron played really well that game. He almost stole the game. I wanted to give him a game before we go to the break and thought that was the right game to put him out there.
good hockey played seeing
That's the kind of hockey we're used to seeing from the Devils. They played a really good game.
best great ice played team
We were the best team on the ice (today), by far. We played a great game.
direction
I think we are in the right direction and it's going to be positive, but I know they can play better. Eventually.
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.