Mike Eaves
Mike Eaves
Michael Gordon Eavesis a Canadian American former NHL player and the current head coach of the St. Olaf College men's hockey team. He is the former head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. Eaves appeared in 324 NHL regular season games between 1978 and 1985, and has coached since 1985. His father, Cecil Eaves, is a former Denver University ice hockey and football player who became a professor and hockey coach at Ohio State and the University...
creating emotional fact tie
It's nice, because we are creating more of an emotional tie to that area, because of the fact that we've been there so much recently.
needed talking
I didn't say a word. The penalty-killers jumped up and they started talking about what they needed to do.
ask pull reference represents shelf turn
He represents that reference that you can always turn to and pull off the shelf and ask questions.
against balance difficult great high line played team tempo
Our team played with great balance tonight. If each line can go out there and keep the tempo at a high level, it makes it very difficult for the other team to play against that.
best generally good group hoping pulling speaks teammates understand
He's got a good group of teammates. They're pulling for him. I think that speaks to Shane as a person. I think his teammates generally like him and they're hoping the best for him. They understand what he's up against.
best hoped start
That was the best start we could have hoped for.
best good laying plays spinning top
For those of you who don't know Ross Carlson, he makes his best plays when he's spinning like a top or he's laying on his back or he's on his knees. I like to see him down in those positions, because, usually, good things happen.
came great guy hard jumps mental page tremendous
That's the first thing that kind of jumps off the page at you, what kind of guy he is. As we came to discover, he's just a tremendous hard worker. He's got a great mental outlook.