Claude Julien
Claude Julien
Claude Julienis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and the current head coach of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. He is the longest tenured head coach currently in the NHL. He has previously served as head coach of the Montreal Canadiens and the New Jersey Devils in the NHL, as well as in the American Hockey Leaguewith the Hamilton Bulldogs. In 2011 and 2013, he coached the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals, guiding the Boston...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 April 1960
CityBlind River, Canada
few full overall performance proud saves shots
He made the big saves when he had to. He may have wanted a few of those shots back that got by him, but this was his first full NHL game. We were proud with his overall performance tonight.
saves third
Jose made some big saves in the third to keep us in the game.
hurt proved top
It didn't hurt having Theodore back. He proved why he's a top goaltender.
game hope next ready tuesday
He's day-to-day. We hope he'll be ready for our next game on Tuesday (against Phoenix).
impression job
He has to play well and give us the impression that he can do the job for us all year,
finding playing tight ways win
We're playing well and we're finding ways to win tight games,
chances earning gone page playing turned
He's playing well and earning chances to play well. If we had turned the page on this kid, he'd be gone by now.
attention bring issue maybe necessary ok sensitive time understand
I don't think it's necessary to bring attention to that. We're kind of sensitive to the issue and understand that maybe it's going to take him a little time to feel comfortable, but we're OK with that.
hard hockey jump opportunity ready
He competes hard all the time. He's ready to jump at his opportunity to make this hockey club.
draw kid knows
One thing's for sure, he's a kid who knows how to listen. That's what he did all night. You don't need to draw this kid a picture.
consider couple happened past played position situations tight
I think when you consider the position that we were in with our roster and all the situations that have happened in the past couple of days, I thought we played a pretty tight game.
game paid patience patient tonight
I thought tonight was a solid, patient game and patience paid off,
barrel bottom needed short week win
We really scraped the bottom of the barrel with our short bench. We needed a win to make our week a little happier.
advantage period third took
We got better, and in the third period we took advantage of our opportunities.