Post-Game | Ryan Huska – 286.11.25

Post-Game | Ryan Huska – 286.11.25

You mentioned the turning point in this hockey game from a couple of guys. You’re down two nothing quickly again, but uh how about the response from your group after that? I thought it was really good after that. Like the the power play that they had, they had us on their heels and Kulie was excellent um on that penalty kill for us, but then I I thought our game got better and when Katsov scored the that goal for us, I think it kind of shifted a little bit of the momentum in our favor. And then we had a great offensive zone shifts shift and um another goal from a defenseman um you know at that point I felt like you know gave us a chance to get back to level ground and then I like the way we played from that point on. Is there anything you’re seeing around you on the bench at that point when you’re down two nothing that’s you know different in your eyes than what you saw you know the night before that. Yeah the the difference for me where there are silly mistakes that led to those goals you know and those things are always correctable. So, if there’s certain guys or a certain line that’s doing that, they can not play quite as much, but um it it didn’t have the same feel for me, especially how we we were able to push back right away. Just a word on Gnatov. Obviously gets a nice reward with his first NHL goal, but just, you know, his body of work since being recalled. Yeah, I thought he was he, you know, with the exception of a couple plays in certain games, he’s been very good. Like, he’s playing to the identity that we hoped he would become. Um he moves very well. He’s a big defenseman that closes quick on people and he’s a hard guy to play against and um we’re really happy with where where his game has has come this year for sure and he’s done a lot of good things and it’s really nice to see him score his first one here. You get the five on three that’s kind of bisected by the intermission too and a couple of the guys mentioned having the opportunity to talk strategy and you know what to do when the second period began just uh you know how pivotal a moment maybe was that in this game? Well, very big for our power play to step up and score there. Like, you know, that’s always the difference in a game. You get a full two-minute five on three. Uh, it you have to score. You really do. Otherwise, the momentum all gets shifted to the other side. So, I I thought our guys regrouped after not starting at the best in the first period. I thought they did a really good job with it in the second.

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