Troy Neumeier
Troy Neumeier
change good hockey minds teams
In our minds it doesn't change anything. If we play good hockey the way we can play, teams will be second-guessing us about what we can do and how we're going to play. They should be the ones who should be worried.
extra five fourth games hard might nights percent playing playoffs regular season sprint
The regular season is a marathon. It's a long season, and there's no way you can play that hard for that many games a year. The playoffs are more of a sprint when you have to give that extra 20, 25 percent that you might not give when you are playing the fourth game in five nights during the season.
came grinding intensity matched teams won
We didn't do anything fancy, but we didn't get in a whole lot of trouble. They're one of those grinding teams and we matched their intensity and won a lot of one-on-one battles. We usually came out with the puck.