Tony MacAulay Quotes (18 Quotes)

Its a concern of his, because hes never been hurt like this before. If that stress is there every day, and its not being allowed to go away ..hes doing the best he can. You have to give players like that credit.

Our top three lines were going. Chris Pittman should have had four goals. We have to build off what we did well. When they do play the system, they look pretty good.

Losing the first period 3-1 was an irritating factor to me. We had some chances to score and there were some things that were out of our control. Those are the factors that we want to fight and we will fight. Everyone in the dressing room is going to fight together. We dont want to accept mediocrity.

Guys are stepping up. Everybody has to chip in. Theyre learning and theyre extending themselves for each other. Thats the sign of a team thats starting to become very cohesive.

I think its there. I dont think any player in our dressing room is worried about the challenge thats ahead of us. If we take that framework-- that mindset -- that were not scared of anything, were going to be fine.

Their body language would have to be different. You still have guys asking questions in a 6-2 hockey game. Theyre being men. I have to practice the same thing that Im preaching, too. There has to be accountability for our actions -- myself and our entire club.

We have nowhere to go but up. Everybody realizes that. The quicker we dust ourselves off and start running again, the better our hockey teams going to be. Are people (ticked) off Yeah, theyre pretty (ticked) off.

We have to deal with the hand that were dealt. We have to look at it as the glass being half-full. This is a challenge. A lot of times when youre short, it becomes a time to learn. Thats what were hoping is going to happen.

You score an empty-net goal and its 5-2, it should be done. But they get a third goal. Thats the part that worried me coming into (Sunday). We thought we just did enough. You have to work 60 minutes. We took some things for granted. We were three seconds away from getting a point, and it was a precious point.

Were going to have to be mentally prepared, as well as physically prepared. Were trying to look at both departments equally and make sure were concentrating on both sides.

Cant give up soft goals. Ever. Theres always one a game. We have to eliminate those.

He took the bull by the horns today. Were proud of the way he played.

Everythings a turning point now. Were looking at the halfway mark. Its more of dealing with whats on our plate. We dont want to put too much on our plate right now, because A, were going to get indigestion, and B, were going to get fat. We dont want to look at this as getting too good too quickly. We want to digest our food and learn and start to peak at the right times.

It should put added pressure on them. The source of urgency has to come from the decision maker, in me, and it also has to come from within, the dressing room. That urgency has to be addressed and solidified. Not just talked about, but done.

You have to start periods strong and finish periods strong. All is not lost here. Theyre going to continue to keep battling. Its all part of the learning experience. Its salt in the wound when you lose, but its murder if you dont learn from it.

I thought Luke played great. He wanted to come in and make an immediate impact. Hes shown that he wants a job. He breathed some new life into our dressing room.

He wanted to pull himself. I was not going to him let him do that. He is a fiery guy, a passionate guy. Every one is going to get emotional. He can learn from it. We can't quit. We have to play these guys six more times.

We have to learn something from today. Everybodys going to go in different directions right now, because of how theyre going to accept this loss. But it has to bring us closer together.