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
We have to make sure our players are disciplined to the point, where they can't put themselves or their team in a situation that's going to cost their hockey club goals, momentum, whatever you want to call it.
We've had to battle back. Points are too important now and we've got to find a way to shake ourselves out of those doldrums early.
We got a big goal early and our psyche changed. It seemed like we expected it was going to be easy. They proved differently.
We've got a long way to go. There still are a lot of points available.
We've got to find ways to win rather than finding ways to lose.
When you lose a shootout, you feel like you've lost the hockey game. We didn't lose the hockey game. We lost a point and they gained a point.
When you lose the shootout, you feel like you lost the hockey game. But we didn't lose the hockey game. We lost a point and they gained a point. That's the reality of it.
We were frustrated by our lack of offensive punch. We had our chances, but didn't finish.
We are going to have to be first on the puck in a lot of different situations, and this group has not backed away from doing that all year.
We put ourselves in a position to win. We just have to find ways to close those ones out.
We have to step up as a group. There are no ifs, ands or buts. We didn't play anywhere near the level required (Tuesday). They won more one-on-one battles than we did. They started with the puck more often. They got inside and they were more physical than we were. We have to match that.
We put a little too much pressure on him by taking too many penalties.
We got beat by a very special player. He did everything he had to do to dominate the game in the goal-scoring department. He's a dominant young player. He's the real deal.
We got down early but found a way to claw back. The one thing that this group has demonstrated all year is resiliency.