Ron Wilson
Ron Wilson
Former hockey coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 May 1955
CityWindsor, Canada
game keeping length ready sharp talked
We were sharp right from the get-go. We talked about that at length before the game about being ready and keeping it simple.
battling extra kept night plenty points
There is plenty of time. You want the two points in regulation, but we kept battling all night long. We just couldn't find a way to get that extra point earlier.
leading league plays tremendous
Tremendous play by Joe. That play was unbelievable. He's leading the league by about 20 assists. He makes plays every night.
figure gary rocket scientist
You know, Gary Bettman was here today, so... hello!?! It doesn't take a rocket scientist or even a sportswriter to figure out what that means.
air found gave harder seem tires
We gave up only 14 shots. We've seem to have found our rhythm. We thought they'd come out harder at the beginning, but we had more air in our tires than they did.
bear casual power second
We had too many casual moments. As we were getting power plays, especially in the second period, we just didn't bear down. It was sloppy. It was just like we were on our own plan.
found
We found a way to get it done.
poor power took
We made a poor play on the power play and they took advantage. We could have quit, but we didn't.
great remember shots
You look up and see 40 shots against, but I don't remember too many great chances.
defense great job remember shots
You look up and see 40 shots against, but I don't really remember too many of them being grade-A chances. The shots were from the outside, the defense did a great job and our forwards competed like heck.
energy generating struggle third
We just didn't have the energy to get anything going. It was a struggle all night. We weren't generating any shots, especially in the third period.
early energy four game hoping job level needed obvious sink third
We just didn't have the energy level we needed to do the job and it was pretty obvious early on. The only thing I was hoping for was their energy level would sink because it was their third game in four nights, too.
ask chances great number saves scoring seven
We had a number of chances and he made some great saves in traffic. I think we generated six, seven scoring chances. You can't ask for more than that.
jump loose opportunity puck tired
We had an opportunity to jump on a loose puck in our end and we didn't. Then we got a little tired in the end and didn't know what was going on around us.