Alex Tanguay
Alex Tanguay
Alex Joseph Jean Tanguayis a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently an unrestricted free agent who last played with the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League. He has also played for the Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL and briefly for HC Lugano in the Swiss National League A in 2004. An offensive player, he is best known for his passing and playmaking ability...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth21 November 1979
game gentleman great guys last realize respectful
He's a great person. You guys have been around him for the last little while and you realize how much of a gentleman he is and how respectful of the game he is.
stretch team won
This team over the years has always been through a stretch where we won 13 or 14 out of 15 or 16 games. That's what we need to do right now.
few lucky
We got a few lucky bounces. We're very fortunate.
face front shots sure traffic
You have to get a lot of traffic in front of the guy's face so they can't see the puck. And you have to make sure you take as many shots as possible. That's going to be our strategy.
good nearly playing potential saving though
Even though the potential is there, I don't think he was playing nearly as well as he's been this year. He's good saving the puck, and playing it too.
games missed penalty power won
We missed a lot of opportunities, especially in the third, on the power play. In the playoffs, the games are often won on the power play and penalty kill. And our penalty kill has been great.
chance division happy looking start toughest
We didn't have the start we were looking for, but we have the toughest division in the NHL. We're pretty happy with our standing. We have a chance to be first in our division, and that's what we're looking for.
aware behind good hockey knew sure weekend
We're still way behind them (six points) in the standings, so I think we have to be aware of that, ... We knew it was going to be an important weekend for us, and they're a very good hockey team, so we have to make sure we're ready.
bad depth few net scoring teams tools win
Obviously, we're not some of the teams in the past. We don't have as much depth as we had in the past, scoring wise. We did play bad a few games, and with Patrick (Roy) in net and (Peter) Forsberg and all the tools we had offensively, we could still win the game.
bigger bring nobody older replace role starting step
I'm starting to be a little older now and starting to have more of a bigger role on this team, and it's going to be up to me to step up. I'm not replacing Peter; nobody will replace Peter, but I want to bring a little more on the ice.
couple good guys last opinions paid team time watched
I watched the last couple days. It was good hockey. A lot of guys have their opinions about who should be on the team and who shouldn't. I have mine, some other guys have theirs. I get paid here, and I know what I have to do. I know I can do a lot more in the last 23 games, and it's time for me to play better.
breaks certainly easily felt good harder hockey series skating successful team
I felt like we certainly got a lot of breaks and have been very fortunate. They're a very good hockey team and this series could easily be 2-1 the other way. But we're getting the bounces right now, we're skating well, and for us to be successful we have to keep working harder and harder.
chances created felt few games maybe past skating
For us to be successful, I've said it many times, we need to be skating. I felt with our skating we've created a lot chances the past few games and, yes, we did get a few bounces going our way. But I think with our skating we created a lot of opportunities and maybe that's what created those bounces.
game higher liked matter next ready season starts
For us, it's a matter of getting ready for next Friday's or next Saturday's game and that's when the real season starts. We would have liked to have been higher in the standings but this is a new season that starts next week.