WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Coyotes coach Dave Tippett started practice Tuesday by addressing his players with a lengthy monologue but ended it with a brief message.
Start focusing on the next game now.
The advice seemed appropriate on the heels of a lackluster showing in Edmonton the night before that could have snowballed into a rout rather than a 3-1 dud to the Oilers if goaltender Mike Smith wasn’t on-point.
Tippett chalked up the letdown to fatigue as the team is in the midst of five games in seven days, a busy stretch that started with a back-to-back last weekend after a five-day lull in the schedule.