Randy Carlyle
Randy Carlyle
Randolph Robert Carlyleis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks and formerly the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was raised in Azilda, just northwest of Sudbury, Ontario. He won the Stanley Cup in 2007 with the Ducks during his first stint with the team. As a player, Carlyle dressed for over 1000 games between the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets, winning...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 April 1956
CityGreater Sudbury, Canada
control earn game heck inch job officials plan playoffs skill space tonight
Obviously, their game plan was to go after our skill players, and that's posturing for the playoffs. That's the way the playoffs are. You earn every inch of space on the ice. I think the officials are going to have to take control of some of the situations. I thought they did a heck of a job tonight in that respect.
continue game improve position push
Nothing changes. One game at a time. We're not in a position to do anything more than try to improve where we are in the standings and improve our position for the playoffs. We're going to continue to push in that direction.
ability hand large nights required
He had a large hand in our ability to win. Some nights he's required to make more stops. This was one of those nights.
few game guys penalty problems resilient stuck
I thought we were in control. Then all of a sudden, we got into a few penalty problems in the third. They had life, but I give our guys credit. We were resilient and stuck with our game plan.
anybody momentum ourselves penalty problems second turned
You can't give anybody five-on-threes like we did in the second period. We got ourselves into penalty problems and it turned the whole momentum in their favor.
build cannot complete effort fit given held honest success trying
He's not just a scorer, ... For us to have success and for him to be a part of that and fit into to what we're trying to build and get back to where he was as a player, he's got to be a complete player. He's held up his end of the bargain. You cannot say that he hasn't given an honest effort every night.
feeling felt gut opportunity situation whim
I just felt on a whim that this would be a situation when he would get in there and give us an opportunity to win. It was just a gut feeling of a coach.
change deserved fate worrying
I thought we deserved a better fate, but we didn't get it. There is no use worrying about it. We can't change it.
almost difference difficult game hours looking next ready three time top travel
It's always difficult to travel that far. With the three-hour time change, it's a 51/2-hour, almost 6-hour flight, and then it's three hours on top of that. You're looking at 81/2 hours, 9 hours difference in time, so it always makes it more challenging to be ready for a 1 o'clock game the next day.
aggressive believe general manager marked mesh minded offensive perfectly style
I believe Brian's philosophies as a general manager mesh perfectly with my style as a coach, ... As a team, we will be marked by aggressive play and an up-tempo, offensive minded system.
bad beginning behind happen high hockey performed planned training word
Obviously, we had planned to have Sergei as part of our hockey club. Things happen behind the scenes, and you have to make adjustments. It's unfortunate that Sergei got hurt. He did everything right from the beginning of training camp, performed at a high level. I can't say a bad word about him.
critical criticize game gone group hard hockey sharp team worked
It's hard to be critical of our group because things have gone so well. We've worked so hard and then we have a game like this where we weren't as sharp as we have been. I'm not going to criticize our team for this hockey game.
extremely game physical players tough worked
Our players worked extremely hard. It was a fast-paced game, and it wasn't no-hit hockey. It was a physical game and those are tough ones to play.
question
It wasn't a question of being upset. It was disappointment with the way things have been going.