S4 Ep106: Andrew Brunette Pregame Interview | Nashville Predators vs Dallas Stars (10-3-26)

I know that going into game number one you had no idea what to expect, but what you got, what did you feel?

Well, I thought we did a lot of good things.

I thought I really liked our hop off the start.

I thought our start was good until we got in a little penalty trouble.

It deflated us a little bit, and I thought we got going a little bit in the second period.

And we knew it was going to be a tight game, one goal, two goal game, and gave ourselves a chance with a big goal by Roman.

And the third period, not quite to my expectations of getting going, but that's a good team that shut down in the third, and we couldn't get inside that much.

Yes, they are a team that does that to the utmost, right?

Yeah, I mean, they're pretty stingy.

They're a veteran team that's been there, you know, and I thought they closed the game out really well.

So game

number two, were you happy with practice yesterday, first of all?

I've been happy with the pace all preseason, all training camp, and I liked it yesterday.

I think the guys felt pretty good about their game.

I think we gave up maybe eight, you know, even strength chances against a really good team, and usually when you get under Tanya, you have a pretty good chance of winning.

Fortunately, I thought our puck play wasn't quite up to par.

I thought we threw a lot of pucks away that were a little bit uncharacteristic and probably trying to hope some things instead of making things happen.

So tonight, you have the Dallas Stars in town and probably a team you wished had won last night.

Exactly.

We'll probably get an angry team here.

Probably not happy being shut out on the road.

So we've got to be prepared and we've got to bring a lot of energy.

They are a club that we don't know about Rupert Hintz yet.

I mean, he did bounce back and come back and play that power play after he got hit knee on knee.

Yeah, he came back.