With the Bruins cruising alongside at a 19-3 clip, coach Jim Montgomery is understandably focusing much less on the outcomes and extra on the “process.” That could sound like coachspeak, and he’s not solely bench boss to make use of that time period, however Montgomery is a agency believer in it.
Montgomery may even level to the precise time in his hockey schooling that he realized to assume the sport like that. It was on the Final Four in his sophomore season at Maine.
“I failed miserable my first time at a Frozen Four,” stated Montgomery. “I remember coming down from my room to get on the bus to go to the game and our college band was there playing our fight song. And there must have been 500 people in the lobby of the hotel. And I was like ‘Oh my God, this game is bigger than any game I ever played. And I choked. And I said I’m never going to let that happen again and I started honing in on my own process that allowed me to have success. And I’ve got to admit, I don’t think I ever choked again. So it was a learning moment and I took that and when I started getting into coaching, I’m like ‘There’s a way I’ve got to be able to impart that only players so that they stay in the moment and they don’t start thinking about ‘Jesus, we’re in the Stanley Cup Finals’ or “This person is there.’ There’s got to be a mechanism, a routine you have – and I think everybody can value a routine – that allows you to get to your A game.”
That turning level sport was in 1991 when the Black Bears have been taking part in North Michigan in Minnesota.
“And I was awful,” stated Montgomery with a chuckle. “And we lost in overtime, so if I was good, maybe we would have won.”
Before his faculty profession was accomplished, in fact, Montgomery gave one of the clutch performances in NCAA historical past, notching a 3rd interval hat trick to elevate Maine over Lake Superior State within the nationwide championship sport in 1993.
Focusing on the day-to-day work may also help hold the B’s gamers’ minds from elevating to the clouds, he stated.
“I think it keeps you in the moment. Keeps you present,” stated Montgomery. “You don’t think about what’s happened and you don’t get too happy with yourself for what’s in the past. And you don’t start focusing on the future, which is results. If you just stay in the moment and focus on what we think gives us success, I think it always helps you to be consistently successful.”…
Anton Stralman has formally been assigned to Providence however he has not reported there. He was skating on his personal at Warrior Ice Arena previous to the group’s observe on Thursday however, in line with the Bruins, the 36-year-old veteran continues to be figuring out what course he needs to go in after clearing waivers on Tuesday. The B’s proper now seem prepared to offer him that house. He can be prohibited kind practising with Boston whereas on task to Providence.
The B’s wish to hold Stralman, who’s a strong depth piece and comparatively cheap at $1 million. But he needed to be despatched all the way down to make cap room for the returning Derek Forbort. They may very well be shopping for time to additional pursue a commerce for Mike Reilly, who cleared waivers a second time and is now in Providence. If they might transfer Reilly, who’s clearly an NHL defenseman and is paid as such at a $3 million cap hit this yr and subsequent, that will permit them to place Stralman again on the roster. We shall see….
Both Montgomery and Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla are new to their present job however having some superb success. Both are atop their respective league’s standings and they’re a mixed 24-1 on the Garden. Montgomery stated he had an opportunity to talk with Mazzulla on Black Friday when the groups have been taking part in a double-header.
“It’s very impressive what (the Celtics) are doing. The parallels are amazing,” stated Montgomery. “He and I spent 10 minutes talking together. When we were talking, the parallels are that we’ve left the defensive schemes (as is) and we’ve changed the offensive schemes and adding to the offensive schemes. We felt there was more there, and they’re scoring at levels they hadn’t scored at and so are we. There are a lot of similarities in the way we’ve both approached taking over teams. The results have been dynamite for both.”
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