Steve Stirling
Steve Stirling
Steve Stirlingis an assistant coach of the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League. He is the former head coach of the American Hockey League's Norfolk Admirals, the Springfield Falcons, and the National Hockey League's New York Islanders. Most recently, he has been working as head coach for the Iserlohn Roosters in Germany...
deserved played
We deserved better. I thought we played pretty well.
against comforting coming game good great ottawa
I think it'll be a great challenge. And it's a whole lot more comforting to go into the game against Ottawa coming off a pretty good game.
appears bullied complaints-and-complaining habit taking
It appears he was in the habit of taking things from his mother, and he bullied her into not complaining.
notch plain played respond smart team took
I thought we played well the first two periods. But when the other team took it up a notch in the third, we did not respond with smart hockey, plain and simple.
felt good ready
He said he felt good and he was ready to go.
rings steady
He's a real steady presence, on and off the ice. He has two championship rings and that's impressive.
absolutely bought effort emphasize fade nights players playing precedent sets top
I can't emphasize enough that their top players bought into the system, they're working hard, playing well and that sets the precedent for the young kids. No, absolutely not. I think there's nights we do. For the most part, the effort has been there for us. But when we get in trouble, we fade away.
january month
Certainly, if you look at it, the month of January is critical.
control lose
But there was no need for him to lose control in this situation.
pick player smart
He is not flashy; he does all the things a smart player does. If I had to pick one player, I'd say it was him (that was most impressive).
coming took
We took lazy, dumb, not hardworking penalties. We were never the same after it was 3-2 because they were coming like gangbusters.
careful hard push win
When they got that first goal, that set us back a bit, more than I think it should. At 2-1, we didn't push hard enough. I thought we were careful, and careful doesn't win games.
carry load miss playing ricky until
He was playing pretty well and was going to carry the load until Ricky got back. And he's been one of the leaders, has been from day one this year, on and off the ice. We'll miss that.
good moving
He was moving his extremities, so that's a good sign.