Robbie Earl
Robbie Earl
Robert Wayne Earlis an American professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for EHC Biel-Bienne in the Swiss National League A. Earl was born in Chicago, Illinois, but grew up in Los Angeles, California...
accolades bring contribute fought great national nice players team
I am proud. I fought hard. It's been a long road. We have a lot of great players on this team who have their accolades and have had a great year. It's nice just to be able to contribute and bring a national championship to Wisconsin.
hard work
That was the story of the year. Hard work and going to the net.
bring hope program
I know they've slipped a little bit, but we hope to bring the program back to where it should be.
bad bit cleaning definitely flowing game job league talk year
I think the league did a really bad job this year with obstruction. They talk about cleaning the game up a little bit and making it more free- flowing like the NHL. That definitely did not happen.
adjust beginning capable certain definitely far hit impact level players realize stride struggled teams
At the beginning of the year, I think we hit our stride pretty well. But getting down the stretch, teams are keying on certain players and that's something you need to adjust to. I think we struggled with that of late, but there's definitely another level we want to get to and I think we're capable of. That's going to have a big impact on how far we go, and we realize that.
box care enjoy hockey policy stick
Each stick out of the box isn't always the same and you've got to make adjustments. I enjoy that. That's a part of hockey that I like. You take care of your sticks, they'll take care of you. That's the policy that I go by.
bring coach contribute funny great locker national nice players room until
It's funny, I didn't even really know (about the award) until I got to the locker room and Coach (Mike Eaves) told me. It's been a long road. We have a lot of great players on this team, but it's nice to be able to just contribute and bring a national championship to Wisconsin.
focus game great knew night special top
I knew I was going to have a great night because I was well-prepared, well-focused. You know when you're on top of your game right away. I knew it was going to be a special night. It was unreal.
biggest chance coming create great line offense plays pride scoring shift throw
We try to create offense right away and throw them back on their heels. That's going to be the biggest thing. We take great pride in that, coming out strong. That's why I think our line plays the first shift every game, because we want to get that pressure, we want to get that scoring chance right away.
coach definitely helped leaders lets looser mold uptight vocal
Very much so. He's a looser coach nowadays. He's not so uptight and not so vocal out there. He sits back and lets the leaders do their jobs. I think that's definitely helped to mold the team.
enter games last learn mind open team tried
You learn how to enter those games with an open mind and just not try to do too much. The last two years I've tried to take it on myself to do stuff. It has to be a team effort.
title
Yes, I have that kind of title on my back. But I'll put up my numbers. It's just going to be a little harder.
calm coaches freshmen opportunity trying
We're just trying to mature. We've got a lot of freshmen who really don't know what to expect. The coaches are just trying to calm us down and get us on the right track, but jitters are great. That's why you play this game, to have those jitters and have that opportunity to be successful.
beginning bring class destiny front good point quite recognize stake teams time year
We know what's at stake and what we have in front of us. Good teams know in the beginning of the year what kind of destiny they can bring to themselves. I think we recognize that. My class and (the senior) class, we've been here quite a long time and we're at that point where this is our year and we'll try to make the most of it.