196 Quotes by Dave Tippett

Hockey is a game where intimidation is still a part of the game, and you'll go to great lengths to try to win a game. If you know a player has an injury or weakness, he becomes vulnerable. He becomes targeted.

He's a very smart player. He has an impact on the game, even though it's a quiet impact.

They play a very energetic style, and they do a lot of good things that push the game along. But it would be nice to see them get rewarded every now and then.

They play a game, and you have to stay with the game. You can't deviate.

Hopefully this is a real good slap in the face for us. The level of urgency has to be turned up several octaves now.

Hopefully this is a good slap in the face for our players. We turned the puck over in the neutral zone 30 times. When you lose execution its hard to get it back. I'm disappointed in the way our top players played and execution. It's just one game and we have to move on.

This organization came in and formed its own identity. Time goes on. People identify with this team more than hanging on to the North Stars' past.

He was one of the first guys in my office when the new rules came out in training camp. 'What can I do and what can't I do?' It seems like all the rules were going against guys like him. I loved his attitude. He came in and addressed it right away and asked, 'How am I going to play these situations?' He studied it and has adapted very well.

There were a lot of guys that we put into roles where we knew they had to jump in and do a good job. They've excelled in all of them.