87 Quotes by Glen Hanlon

I loved it. They work so hard, and tonight was just a great endorsement of what these guys do. We were down to nine forwards. We had no players left, and in the end the ones we had were spent. For the guys we were able to put on the ice, I thought they did a pretty good job.

I know there was a (10-4) disparity in the shots. But in the first period, I think 10 of their shots came on the power play.

I'm happy he got to 50. I would have hated to see him finish at 49 goals. It would have been sad because I know what it has meant to him.

I really want to emphasize that we have good people here and we can never lose sight of that. Sometimes people focus on the things that went wrong and forget we have great players. I have told the players that I will be patient. ... I had a role model in my coach Pat Quinn when I was a player. He had a goal that he would never ruin anyone's outlook on the game.

I'll talk to him about it and see how he feels.

In Toronto you could say we created our breaks; tonight you could say Ottawa created theirs. Our major problem was reading the rush. Their defensemen were beating our fourth and fifth guys into the zone all night long. We'll likely watch this tape ... and use it as a teaching tool for our group. They're a very good team. I don't think you'll learn too much from this tape watching our team.

In Toronto we created our breaks, and Ottawa created theirs with their speed. They don't need five or six opportunities to score a goal.

His consistency is amazing. All first-year players seem to have some peaks and valleys to their game, and Alex is able to continue to play well.

I don't know if you can expect your team to outwork people every single night. You can't. It's impossible.