Craig MacTavish
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And loved to practice, a lot of emotion, a lot of energy.
Kevin and Mark played a different game than Wayne, but when they had to ratchet up the intensity in the practice, and what was Derek Sanderson's famous line when they asked him, who's the toughest guy you've ever played against?
He said, Ted Green in practice.
Well, Ted Green was on that coaching staff, and he could give you that scowl that let you know very quickly that he needed more of you.
I was there.
So is that what happened?
Yeah, and I was the manager of the American League team where it happened, and it was, like, frightening.
Like, he... That he... It was that wired statistically that he... I mean, it was Bridge Over the River Kwai stuff, in my mind.
That great movie where the guy lost...
Total perspective on what's happening.
Okay, it did happen.
It did happen, yeah.
That's right.
Because that's how you, in his mind, that's how you get out of the American League by having the number one power play in the league.
And he got a penalty for it.
You're watching.
Which was the right call by the official.
Like, yeah, we got other things that are more important to think about other than splitting a half a second here or there because you're that seemingly insecure about your power play.