Andrew Ference
Andrew Ference
Andrew James Stewart Ferenceis a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and an alternate captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. Ference started in the NHL during the 1999–2000 season and has played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames and Boston Bruins. In 2011, Ference helped the Bruins to their 6th Stanley Cup Championship. Ference was born in Edmonton, Alberta, but grew up in Sherwood Park, Alberta...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth17 March 1979
CityEdmonton, Canada
caught climbing comfort eight excited games nature nice start tight win
To us, it's about climbing the standings. You win eight games and you're still tight with everybody. That's just the nature of the beast. It's nice to win, obviously, but you can't get too excited about it or you'll let it slide. Start patting yourself on the back too much and you're one or two games away from getting caught again. It doesn't give you a comfort zone.
drop fired gloves means ready star time
You don't want him to drop the gloves all the time because he's our star player. But when he does, nobody's too disappointed because that means he's fired up and ready to go.
character dressing everybody matter shows strong ton
There's strong character in our dressing room. Right now, it's just a matter of execution. If everybody shows up and does their job, I think there's a ton of confidence.
almost awful cheering deserved hardship hugging people seeing
Seeing people cheering for him and hugging him was almost sickening. He deserved every hardship because it was an awful thing that he did. It wasn't accidental.
answer asking business game guys questions
You guys are asking questions I can't answer right now. I've got a Game 7 tomorrow. As players, we've got a lot of business before we can think about that.
coaches course details guy holes learning losing love tiny work year
Getting Dion this year made up for losing a lot of other people. Of course he has a learning curve, but he doesn't have big holes in his game. He just has tiny details he has to work out, and the coaches love working with a guy with that much talent.
canada coming good happened likes pittsburgh
I was happy, going from Pittsburgh to here. I was pumped. Coming back to Alberta, coming back to Canada, coming to a good team. But now, if it happened again, I'd be really disappointed. Everyone likes it here -- we win, good atmosphere, good town.
consistency game good periods thrown track
We just haven't had that consistency. We've thrown some good periods together, but from game to game that consistency hasn't been there. It's something we've got to look back to getting back on track (Wednesday).
base built far guys room solid year
We've come this far this year and built a solid base with the guys in the room . . .
battling both close division expect fighting highway intense playoffs spot time tough whether
It's not just because we're close in proximity. For the first time in a long time we're both battling for the playoffs in a tough division and a tough conference. When two teams, whether they're just down the highway from each other or not, are both fighting for the same spot it's going to be good, intense hockey. You should expect nothing less.
cheer fans fought hard meat potatoes reasons support win within
That's one of the reasons we fought so hard to win the division. But it comes down to the players. The fans can only cheer and support us so much. Within this locker-room, that's where the meat and potatoes are.
missed step
It was a step back. It was a missed opportunity.
open passes slow stretch
They want to slow it down and stretch things out, make cross-ice passes and have a lot of open room.
demand expected last mature playoff time
There are expectations to have a better playoff than last time -- there's only one way to do that. Last time, there was more of a happy-go-lucky feeling. We expected success, but we didn't demand it. Going in, it's a more mature team, a more mature outlook.