Adrian Aucoin
Adrian Aucoin
Adrian Mark Aucoinis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. Aucoin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, but grew up in Gloucester, Ontario...
leader marty
Marty will be great. He's been a leader the whole time. It's not that big of an issue.
confidence great knowing seem
Just knowing you have Khabibulan, that confidence in the great goaltending, you seem to just play better.
aspects few game grow net puck sticking understand unless win
There are a few aspects of the game where we've really got to grow up and it showed tonight, like the sticking penalties. We have to understand we're not going to win unless we all play together, unless we all take shorter shifts, unless we put the puck on the net and unless we play as a five-man unit.
hit obviously
We obviously didn't hit it off all that well,
hard results start tough work
It's tough when you work hard and the results aren't there. You start to second-guess yourself.
half interested liked living lots loved obviously pushed secret seemed talked teams willing
It was no secret that I loved living there, and I liked just about everything about the Islanders. But obviously I talked to enough teams to know there were lots out there willing to go out of their way to get me. And it seemed the Islanders weren't half as interested as the others, which was frustrating. That's what pushed me to leave.
guys penalties
It was different. There were a lot of whistles, and some of the guys who got penalties didn't know they got them.
basically life living routine
It was really tough, not having the routine like we're so used to. Basically living a different life than we're used to.
risky scholars-and-scholarship score seem team
We're not a risky team and we were just a little too risky tonight. They seem to just score with their chances. Defensively we weren't where we wanted to be.
confidence fragile
We're real fragile now. We're working hard. We've just got to get our confidence up.
clear priorities
They made it pretty clear where their priorities were.
became began difference few games happy ice minutes peter skating sure
A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, ... Pretty soon, I was skating 25-30 minutes a night. I was more than happy to keep doing that. It sure makes a difference when you have the coach's confidence.
agents available bit depends easier ended free guys handful hit lucky situation
I think there's a handful of guys that ended up being lucky in that way, ... Some guys who were free agents actually had to take a little bit of a hit but it just all depends on who's available and at what time. There was only a handful of defencemen in my situation so it made things a little easier for me, I guess.
boat hoping sooner waiting
I was in the same boat as everyone else. Just waiting and hoping that it was going to get done sooner than later,