Peter Laviolette’s extensive experience as an NHL head coach was on full display when he fielded his first questions as the new coach of the Rangers.
Peter Laviolette’s extensive experience as an NHL head coach was on full display when he fielded his first questions as the new head coach of the Rangers during his introductory press conference Tuesday morning in Tarrytown.
“The compete inside the game is what makes teams great,” he said. “It drives them to success. I don’t think that’s something you can just ask for. I think that you have to practice that on a daily basis. It has to become habit, it has to become your identity, part of the DNA of who you are — and it has to start in training camp.“It has to be held to a level of accountability.
“For me, it’s always been a little more of an aggressive approach,” Laviolette said of his core principles for success. “I think that you have to play good defense and you see that for teams that win Stanley Cups. Defense is always a priority, and you have to be able to play good in your defensive zone and [play] good defense. But for me, it’s about the attack. It’s about pressuring, it’s about puck pursuit, it’s about the battle level, the compete level, the grit.
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