We're a team that our work ethic has to be 100 percent, our concentration has to be 100 percent and our desperation has to be 100 percent. At the moment that we slip away a little bit, we are going to be in real trouble. (Saturday) all the things I just mentioned were not there at all and it was embarrassing. An embarrassing performance. That's all I have to say.
"Michel Therrien", is the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. Prior to his current stint with Montreal, Therrien had previously coached the Canadiens for three seasons and then the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Prior to his coaching career, Therrien played three years as a Defenceman (ice hockey)/defenceman in the AHL, compiling a total of 86 points in 206 games and winning the Calder Cup in 1985 with the Sherbrooke Canadiens, on the same team as eventual Hall-of-Famer Patrick Roy.[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_404126.html Therrien takes Pens coach talk in stride - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
Before coaching in the professional leagues, Therrien was a coach in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, first with the Laval Titan and later for the Granby Prédateurs, with whom the club won the Memorial Cup in 1996 Memorial Cup/1996, ending a 25-year championship drought in the tournament for a team from Quebec. He is a single parent of two children, Elizabeth and Charles.
More Michel Therrien on Wikipedia.I'm anxious to see how we're going to react. There's no doubt in my mind we're going to play a better game. I think the players have some pride and they want to bounce back and give them a good game.
We like our unit of five against top players.
There's no doubt in my mind we are going to play a better game. I think the players have some pride. They want to bounce back. It's all about attitude and what kind of attitude the players display. I'm confident they have what it takes.
He's aggressive. He finishes his checks and it's going to be important for us to be physical against (the Rangers).
Anyone with good character wants to give it another shot.
I'm not afraid to play him back to back. We'll see how it goes (tonight) and then make a decision for the next day.
It's so great just to get to the Super Bowl and so great for the city. Pittsburgh is just a great city for sports. Things on the hockey side have been tough lately, but we're rebuilding and we're cheering them on.
I liked the way he played; that's why we called him up. He played with confidence. We wish him the best in Atlanta.
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