Mike Johnston

Mike Johnston
Mike Johnstonis the head coach and general manager of the Portland Winterhawks hockey team of the Western Hockey League. He previously coached the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL from 2014-15. He was relieved of his duties on December 12, 2015. He was replaced by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PenguinsHead Coach Mike Sullivan. Johnston performed duties as the coach and general manager of the Winterhawks previously from 2008 to 2014, before taking over as coach of the Penguins for the 2014-15 NHL season. Before...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 February 1957
CityDartmouth, Canada
It gets my competitive juices flowing. The strong will survive, and some of the others won't.
It is our duty to provide storm coverage. It's part of our license - to serve the public. That's one of the differences between over-the-air and cable stations.
I think this was the most important game of the season for us. Susquehanna Valley is big and they're physical. They were picked to win their division, so that's a nice win.
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Phil predicted six more weeks of winter. He has a 100-percent record of being right. If you look on the calendar, spring comes six weeks after his prediction. Predicting a mild winter doesn't mean spring gets here any sooner.
Phil is incapable of error. If he says six more weeks of winter, you can take it to the bank.
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We got to the foul line quite a few times. Didn't make as many we would have liked, though. But it was the fools' gold that beat us. We were 1-for-17 on 3-point attempts. You can't shoot like that against a good team like East.
The pitchers on this staff have a lot of experience. They will keep us in a lot of games. Most of these guys have been on winning teams, so they bring that 'you aren't going to beat me' attitude to the table.
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