Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant often preaches his philosophy of not thinking about the past or future beyond the next period or the next game.
It was a lesson forward Alex Tuch learned long before he played for Gallant.
“Since I was probably 5 years old, my dad has literally driven into my mind to play shift-by-shift and game-by-game,” Tuch said Tuesday on the Review-Journal’s Golden Edge podcast. “You have a bad game, think about it for five or 10 minutes, move on and worry about the next one.”
The wisdom has proven beneficial for Tuch, who has been one of the bright spots in the Knights’ disappointing start to the season.