Alain Vigneault
Alain Vigneault
Alain Vigneaultis a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Vigneault has previously coached the Montreal Canadiens and the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL, as well as in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During his career with the Canucks, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach of the year in 2006–07 and has become the team's record holder for wins as a coach. Under Vigneault, Vancouver...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 May 1961
CityQuebec City, Canada
bigger challenge coming hardest league physical score supposed teams
We're going to see probably one of the hardest (working), most physical teams in the league coming in. They don't score a lot of goals, but they play hard. A lot of times, they don't even want to play the puck, they just want to play the man. It's Calgary, in-your-face, finish-checks hockey. It's going to be a big challenge for us and the bigger the challenge, the bigger we're supposed to respond.
bring game good greener help offensive practice supposed touch veteran week
Greener is a veteran who is supposed to bring an offensive touch to the game. I thought he was all right in the first game but just so-so in the second. He had a long layover and it showed. Hopefully, a good week of practice here should help him.
area game goal last league penalties power strive
Our PK was good, and not to take anything away from Philly, but they were last in the league on the power play. You still have to kill off the penalties we took. Our power play got us one goal in the first game and nothing in the second. That's one area we strive to improve.
dressed leave night players seven
Out of the 21 players that were dressed (last) night, theoretically, seven of them are going to leave (today).
rest
Rest is as important as anything else right now.
guy happened paid research
That's what happened there. The guy didn't do (his research), and he paid the price.
catch finish five gearing lost playing playoffs third
Part of gearing up for the playoffs is playing well. So we lost that game. We've got five more to play and if we catch up, we catch up. If we don't, we'll be third and finish from there.
areas bunch useful
He's been very useful for us in a whole bunch of different areas this year.
playoff
If this was a playoff game, he could play. It's not serious.
change enables energy fourth gets good guys momentum net penalty speed useful uses
He gets to the net and uses his speed. When you have speed on the penalty kill, it's a pretty good thing. It's useful for us. On your fourth line, you want energy and guys to be momentum shifters. When you have speed like Brownie has, it enables you to change the tempo.
along both ends games pays plays solid strongest year
This was one of his strongest games all year long, at both ends of the rink. He made some really solid plays in our end, along the boards. And when you do that, a lot of times it pays off at the other end.
morning practice sure
He will practice with us (this) morning and we'll probably take him on the road. I'm not sure if he's going to play yet.
areas bit groove guy jason needs strong time took tough type
Obviously, it took Jason a little bit of time to get his groove but I like the way he's been playing. We're going to need him to play that strong and even better in the playoffs. He's the type of guy that with one shot, he can find the back of the net. He's a shooter, he needs to go to those tough areas and he understands that.
knows lose lost true
Obviously, if we lose Flats, we've lost a big part of our team. There's a lot of speculation right now. Who knows what's true and what's not true. We'll just have to take it in stride.