The Carolina Hurricanes lost 5-3 to the Detroit Red Wings Friday Night at Little Caesars Arena.
It was a slow start for the Hurricanes, who found themselves in a 2-0 hole less than 10 minutes into the game, and despite some scoring, they just couldn’t pull themselves out of it.
Jackson Blake continued to stay hot and Justin Robidas picked up his first career NHL point in his first career NHL game.
After the game, Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour along with Robidas spoke with the media in Detroit. Here’s what they had to say:
Rod Brind’Amour
On the game: The first period, we just weren’t really engaged enough. Gave them two goals, didn’t really gave them, but we got behind. And then we dug in and played a great game after that. Unfortunately, we gave them two and then the other two were turnovers where we had full possession of the puck and lead to basically a breakaway and then a guy all alone in front. Just sloppy decisions. Other than that, this game was pretty solid.
On Justin Robidas: Did a great job. Obviously had a nice one on the one goal. Just worked and worked and worked and then got us a goal. Won some faceoffs. He was good.
On the team’s development of young talent: We certainly need it and it’s great to see. Especially since these guys will only get better. We know that and they have the attitude where they want to get better. So you have to put the work in and as long as they keep that up, I think it’s a real positive thing to have.
On Jackson Blake starting to find a scoring touch: He’s not doing anything differently. He’s been playing well all year and now you play him with Fishy and Jarvs and I think that’s helping him obviously. But he’s really, in my opinion, maybe even been the best one out there on that line. He’s driven it and he just continues to work and continues to get better. It’s a real big bonus for us.
Justin Robidas
On making his NHL debut: It’s fun to be able to contribute offensively, but kind of unfortuante that we weren’t able to get that win.
On the game: I think we played hard, but we had a couple of sloppy turnovers and plays that ended up in the back of our net. So I think just cleaning that up would help, for sure.
On his nerves: I was pretty nervous, for sure. Didn’t really nap this afternoon and I was just trying to enjoy it as much as I could and have fun with it.
On the locker room: It’s a great group of guys. Everyone was very welcoming and I’m very grateful for their support. Everyone’s support was very pretty special.
On the differences between the AHL and NHL: It’s for sure a lot faster. You can’t really make mistakes out there because it will cost you. Very quick, very high pace and I’d say it’s also a lot less sloppy, for sure. Have to be sharp every shift so it was definitely a good learning experience for me.
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