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...
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.
bad dumb finally gave good last played score snow takes teams took worried
I think Snow played a good game. I thought he gave us a chance. We let him down. That's the last person I'm worried about. We took lazy, dumb non-hard working penalties. It only takes one bad clear, one play. Good teams finally score on you. That's what happened.
good period played points seemed skate
We'll take the two points any way we can. We played a good 45 minutes. It seemed in the first period we couldn't or wouldn't skate with them.
deserved played
We deserved better. I thought we played pretty well.
best excuse goes injuries means opportunity played players team
It's a loss, no doubt. Shawn had been one of our best players of late. But every team goes through injuries and it won't be an excuse for us. Shawn played a lot, so this means opportunity for other players.
few last plain played
I didn't think he's played very well the last few games, plain and simple.
played
For the first 50 minutes, 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.
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.