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
break far guys happy might timing
We might be a little off as far as our timing goes. But our guys are going to be fine. This was a well-deserved break for them, they should be re-energized and happy to get back to work.
improvement played situation urgency
We played with the urgency and desperation that the situation demanded. We scored two and that was an improvement for us.
certain checks decisions finishing gritty played skill took
We played where we wanted to play and took a lot of their skill away by making the right decisions and finishing checks and being gritty in certain areas.
definitely found legs lost period played second strong sure won
We played a really strong first period and it was 0-0. I don't know if we lost our legs because we definitely found them in the third. I'm not sure what it was. They outplayed us in the second period and that's where they won the game.
left signed totally
We left it totally up to the players. In Bolduc's case, he had just signed with us, so there wasn't really much sense for him (to go).
hockey nhl luck
We're trying to work on Sami to get through that and shoot the puck. MacInnis shot the puck all the time. If there was a fool who wanted to stand in front and break an ankle, tough luck.
attitude real hockey
We brought him [Raffi Torres] in because he was an emotional, physical player. He's had nothing but a great attitude and a great work ethic with us all year long. He comes to play, prepares himself real well. We need him to play the way he does. You know, he's a little bit sometimes outside the box, but you've got to let him be who he is.
player nhl cities
I played with Joey Mullen back in Salt Lake City before he got called up to St. Louis. He was the first player ever to score 20 goals in the American League and 20 in the NHL. I've kept in contact with him and he's a great guy.
hockey guy half
Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.
hockey ice play
You can't control the opposition, but you can control how you play, your energy level, your intensity on the ice. That's what we're going to do.
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.
careful combined games last looking played playing playoffs plus rest time year
We're looking at getting him 50 games, plus the playoffs. He didn't even play 50 last year combined with the playoffs (Flaherty played 48 total), that's why I've been careful with his playing time and rest time.