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 had more structure, but our penalty parade took us out of the hockey game. You can't continually give teams the quality of Dallas power plays. They made us pay.
Our players deserve the credit. They took the responsibility. We got down 3-1, we battled back. We found a way.
I thought it was a masterpiece. It was a game where we were able to get things going in a positive direction after the first shift. We had a few miscues and we took a penalty right off the bat, but we were able to regroup and get enough pucks past their goaltenders.
We took some penalties at crucial points. We just didn't defend well. We had our opportunities, we just didn't manage to get the puck past Nabokov.
We took some inopportune penalties at critical points. We gave them too many opportunities and too many quality chances.
We took far too many penalties, and we got worn down. The fatigue started to set in. The second period, things started to get a little crazy, and we got out of sync. Fortunately, we were able to get it back.
We took a different approach, doing some off-ice stuff. The players would rather do that than come to the rink and get skated. We had a little laugh, a little team bonding and it really showed tonight. We had lots of energy early.
Ultimately, the player makes the decision. The one thing we were adamant about was we didn't want 20 minutes. If it took 100 minutes, we wanted him to commit to 100.
The penalty parade took us out of the game. We can't continue to give a team the quality of Dallas that many power plays. They made us pay for it. ... We took too many. They got momentum from it.
Our work ethic was there. We got the opportunity on the power play and took advantage of them.
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.
I thought we didn't play 60 minutes, we played about 50 minutes.
We really stayed with our work ethic. Our players seem to enjoy that.
We got down early but found a way to claw back. The one thing that this group has demonstrated all year is resiliency.