Scott Sandelin
Scott Sandelin
Scott Alan Sandelinis an American former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey team. In 2011 he became the first coach in Bulldog history to lead them to a national title. It was a 3–2 overtime game against the University of Michigan at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota where he went on to be drafted in the second round by the...
goal great
He's having a great year. He's a goal scorer. He's been that way all his life.
dakota hungry north passion
North Dakota was the better team. They had more jump, more passion, more want. They were hungry and we didn't play very well, especially on defense.
effort period played relaxed third
We had a much better effort than Friday. In the third period we relaxed and played with an edge. That's what we have to do.
chances confident credit ends maybe minnesota missed point seem spectrum team weapons
We had our chances in the 5-on-3 to maybe get back in the game, but we missed the net. From that point on, Minnesota got the momentum. They seem like a very confident team with a lot of weapons and they don't get enough credit for how well they play defensively. We're at different ends of the spectrum right now.
forming talk team
You always talk about a team forming an identity. You know, I don't know if we have yet. It's kind of a mystery.
blame granted great happen learn season took year
We took things for granted and if there's any blame to take for that, I'll take it. I can tell you it's not going to happen this year or ever again, ... It was disappointing but a season like that is great for re-evaluation. You learn from it.
adversity key respond team tough younger
With a younger team there will be tough times and adversity. The key will be how we respond and how we get through those situations.
focusing games hopefully satisfied three thursday
We're focusing on Thursday and to hopefully play three games there. We're not satisfied just to get there.
driven good group level patient players younger
We know we'll have to be patient as the younger players get comfortable with this level of hockey, but this is also a pretty driven group, ... This group can do a lot of good things.