A biography for Barry Trotzhasn’t been written yet.
“As I have evolved as a coach, I was a guy who was all about the game and a person who focused on the wins and losses.”
“It's life, it's hockey. You just can't worry about it.”
“Goaltending can steal you a series.”
“It's good to be wanted.”
“Every year, you need a couple of weeks to energize as a coach and get back at it.”
“You need balance, and if you have dynamic people - I've always tried to assess the talent and say, 'Okay, how can we get better as a group and how can we win hockey games?'”
“Just like all young players, there is a difference between being involved and just participating.”
“I'm an Islander. I appreciate the ownership and the fans and the players, the trainers, coaches, all the people that were involved and the success that we had together.”
“The thing that got me to change was when my kids would come and tell me I was swearing on TV, so I knew I wanted to make a change.”
“To me, the make-up of a modern defenseman, the No. 1 thing is the processing skills.”
“Injuries happen every season. We can't rely on that being a crutch. It's up to all of us to do our best to fill those voids as coaches and players.”
“As a parent, your biggest fear is having our child not loved.”
“I think a lot of times what practice can do for you when guys are playing a lot of minutes, it sometimes takes away a little bit of their sharpness, because they have the puck a lot and all that.”
“The Kings played out of the Memorial Community Centre, an old wooden barn like you'd see in other Prairie towns. It was built after World War II and the Kings were the biggest thing in town. The Memorial was packed for every game - maybe 3,000 when we'd play the Kenora Muskies or other rival towns. It seemed like everyone in town came out to games.”
“Hopefully my time in Nashville has helped me. We've had a lot of different things happen to our hockey club, seen a lot of different situations and different types of clubs from an expansion team to a Stanley Cup playoff threat. I think any coach that's gone through those things, you become a better coach.”
“If you know anything about Lou Lamoriello, his background and what he does, he will do what it takes to win.”
“Just because you get punched in the nose doesn't mean that you throw in the towel.”
“It's hard to score in this league when you don't get on the power play and don't play special teams.”
“One thing I've learned from all my time with Team Canada is that they're very, very prepared so knowing that's part of the DNA of Team Canada, you have to be prepared with whatever area your responsibility belongs to.”
“I think I have a lot more respect for someone who will be bold enough to say, 'I'm the leader of the hockey team, we're going to go there and give our best game and we're going to win the hockey game.'”