Randy Cunneyworth
Randy Cunneyworth
Randolph William Cunneyworthis a former professional ice hockey player and current coach for the Rochester Americans of the AHL. He played professionally in the National Hockey Leagueand American Hockey Leaguein a twenty-year career; his coaching résumé includes a brief stint as head coach of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens. He had long stints as both a player and coach of the AHL's Rochester Americans. Cunneyworth was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, but grew up in Mississauga, Ontario...
care confidence group guys seize utmost
We have the utmost confidence in the group we have here. You have to seize the day and take care of your own opportunities when they're presented. We don't have enough guys doing that.
certainly consistency easier hits match reaching type worried
We certainly are able to match that type of play but we didn't do it with enough consistency. Too often we're worried about reaching in. Sometimes hits are the easier play to make.
hard minutes played
We played hard for 55 minutes and then I thought we kind of let them off the hook.
cost couple lazy maybe took
We took a couple lazy penalties. Maybe they embellished a couple better than we did, but we were lazy a couple times and it cost us.
came critical huge playing saves
Those were huge saves at critical times. We were playing pretty well and he came up big.
effort occasion risen
When a big effort has been needed, he has risen to the occasion recently.
guy help move strongly team
Unquestionably he's a guy we need back. I feel strongly that he's a guy who can help this team move forward.
compete deal game gave lost
We need a game where we compete in all situations. Even if we lost 6-0 but competed in all areas, gave everything we could give, you can deal with it.
confidence gave goals inspiring life might quickly shut team
We gave them life quickly after our inspiring goals and that's when you want to shut a team down and take away any confidence they might have.
deserve desire fact last pride teams
There are teams that have got in on the last game. It's about pride and professionalism. In this situation, the fact that we have to make up some points, some ground, if we can't muster up a desire to compete, then we don't deserve to be in the playoffs.
nowhere
We have nowhere to go but up at this point.
bit efficient effort ethic fell hit intensity match notch ought rewarded work worked
When our work ethic is up a notch we ought to be rewarded but I don't think it was up to their caliber. They worked very hard, they were very efficient and they hit everything that moved. We made every effort to match that intensity but we fell a little bit short.