Rob Daum
Rob Daum
Robert "Rob" Daumis a Canadian ice hockey coach. He is currently the head coach for the EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Hockey League...
blood deserved draw game home huge playoffs sure time toughest win year
The toughest game to win in the playoffs is your first home game. And I'm not sure we even deserved to win the game. But it's a huge win, because every win at this time of the year is big. To draw first blood is really important for us.
great pass smith stretch talked watch
The stretch pass from Smith was a great play. We talked about it before the game, that we had to watch for that.
early losing stretch won
Early in the season, we won this kind of game, but we're in a stretch where we're losing them and have to get back on track.
ahead bit came good moved puck relaxed
After we went ahead 5-2, we relaxed a little bit and they came on. They moved the puck real good and made some things happen, but we were better in the third.
aware behind point reasons scenes sitting teams worrying
You never know what the reasons are for what the other teams do. There are many things going on behind the scenes that we're just not aware of. Because of that, there is no point in us sitting around and worrying about what they may or may not do.
positive watching win
A win is a win. We're not exited about watching it, but we got the two points. Now we need to take the positive as much as we can as we go to Milwaukee.
defend ended great job knew leads score time
We knew they were going to come at us hard, and you have to be able to defend leads at this time of the season. We didn't do that, but Kirby did a great job to score what ended up being the game-winning goal.
ability blame game great responsibility took
In a game like this you don't want to take any undisciplined penalties. He took responsibility, he didn't blame the referee. After that, his ability took over on what was just a great play.
anticipate exceeded year
He's exceeded everyone's expectations. You can't anticipate the year he's had as a first-year pro. He's been terrific.
coach
I'm a coach, and I wanted to coach at the professional level.
ability finish gets happen
That is his strength. He has the ability to make things happen offensively, and he can finish opportunities when he gets the chance.
good puck rush supposed
Stokes made a very good play and jumped into the rush like you're supposed to do there. He got the puck and put it where he had to put it.
huge led mistake period second third
(That goal) was huge for us because of the circumstances in the game. It's better to get that third because we make a mistake in the third period that led to their second score.
came fresh game hard omaha
It's important not to get frustrated, and I really don't think we came into this game that way. We just wanted to get a fresh start, but Omaha comes at you hard here.