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Quenneville is the second-winningest coach in NHL history, his 969 victories after Wednesday trailing only the 1,244 amassed by Scotty Bowman — the father of now-former Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman, who resigned Tuesday when the investigation’s findings were released. Stan Bowman, like Quenneville, was among the central figures identified as having not acted properly and swiftly to Beach’s allegations.
“You have to be honest with yourself,” he said. “I shot every bullet in my gun and I have no regrets. I gave it everything I got. And you know what, (Wednesday) it felt great to spend some time with teammates I hadn’t seen in a long time, and I feel like that is what it’s all about, being able to talk about the memories and the good times, the hard times.
“I don’t think it has anything to do with the run game,” he said. “I think it has to do with we have to be better with the details of the pass game, fitting it together, making the plays when they’re available. And when I say making the plays, I don’t just mean jumping up and catching the ball, I mean blocking the person we’re supposed to block, being together with how we’re going to block it, the timing of the quarterback matching the timing of the firmness of protection, matching the timing of the routes. When you’re 32nd, we could spend a lot of time talking about this.”
Davies has been named a finalist for the award for the second time. He also earned finalist distinction in 2017 as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. Among NL pitchers, Davies’ 6 DRS tied for second best with fellow finalist Fried and the Philadelphia Phillies’ Ranger Suárez. Davies, who joined the Cubs as part of the trade that sent Yu Darvish to the San Diego Padres, did not commit an error in 35 defensive chances and tallied 22 assists in 148 innings.
Beach’s interview with Canada’s The Sports Network went viral, at which point the Blackhawks issued a statement apologizing to Beach, commending his “courage” and oh, by the way, reminding everyone there’s a new leadership team in place “committed to winning championships while adhering to the highest ethical, professional, and athletic standards.”
“I’m not offended by somebody waving their arm at a sports game,” Sneed told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “I’m just not. If somebody is, that’s their prerogative, it’s their right. They can be offended. … I don’t know very many, maybe one or two, from my tribe who say, ‘Yeah, I don’t like that.’ But at the end of the day, we’ve got bigger issues to deal with.”
No. 9 Iowa, which hasn’t played since being upset by Purdue, visits Wisconsin. Despite their struggles, the Badgers (4-3) remain very much in control of their road to the Big Ten championship game. The game matches two top-10 defenses and two offenses that are … limited.
“Everybody in the organization said, ‘We’ve got a job to do — put players in a position to win so fans are entertained and pay to watch them play,’” he said. “Well, that staff embraced that, and that’s why it was a great experience. I watched Cairo, Narron, Shelley and Ethan, and they made their mark.”
“I’m around a lot of professional athletes, and I don’t know if I’ve ever met a kid that’s as focused and even as Cairo. Kickers, it’s very volatile. You’re a hero or a zero. You never hear a person say, ‘Oh, well, Cairo Santos had an OK game.’ No, he either won the game or in a lot of people’s opinions he lost the game. That’s something I can’t teach but something I always had a lot of respect for. Even as a 15-year-old kid, he was different. He was very, very mature for his age. He was away from his parents. He was learning a new language. There were all these distractions, but he didn’t allow it to (affect him). He’s such a special human.”
“How the situation went down, what the timeline was, what they knew, I can’t really comment on that,” Toews said. “It’s obviously a tough day, regardless of mistakes that may have been made, for someone like Stan, who has done so much for the Blackhawks — and Al as well — to lose everything they care about and their livelihoods as well.