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...
head skill
He has the head for that, the skill for that.
reference represents surrogate
He's like a surrogate grandfather. He represents a reference you can always go back to.
prudent
I don't think that would be very prudent on our part.
formula hit puck seeing
I'm going to need some Grecian Formula after seeing that puck hit the post.
jam
If he's ready, then we'd look at it. But we're not going to go in there and jam it down his throat.
dakota game great handle needed north phases respond riddle team
This game went in phases for us. We got off to a great start, and North Dakota got back into it. We didn't respond like we needed to. We didn't handle the riddle of having a team come back on us.
analogy doctor feeling game tonight
You could use the analogy that tonight was what the doctor ordered. The outcome, the game itself, was like a B-12 shot. We're feeling better.
brian point turning
The turning point was Brian Elliott. He was outstanding.
breakdown defensive
It was like if you were a defensive back, that was a breakdown and the guy's got a seam for a touchdown.
great internal joe last left picked reason slide slump sophomore
Joe has picked up right where he left off last season. There has been no sophomore slump or slide of any kind. I think part of the reason is that Joe has great internal motivation.
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That's a big factor, the recruiting factor and being able to state that we have the highest average attendance and what a great building it is to play in. The other thing that it does is, for our guys, they (the fans) become a factor in the game. We can feed off the energy that they give us.
false guys higher relish turning unless volume
I don't want earplugs in their ears. I want them to relish that. Because unless you relish it, having earplugs is a false way to play. You've got to be able to play at a higher level, and I don't think earplugs are going to do any good. I want earplugs out. I want our guys turning the volume up.
anticipate move playing quick rather saw
I saw him move a little too quick at times - anticipate rather than be patient. But I think that just comes from not playing for a while. I know he'll get better as we go along.
contention extra luxury recover rest similar teams
It was my contention that if we had another day or two to rest and recover we would have been better prepared. It's a little similar right now. While those other teams are having to play that extra game, we have the luxury of having a day to rest and recover.