Bob Gainey
Bob Gainey
Robert Michael "Bob" "Le Capitaine" Gaineyis the former executive vice president and general manager of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. He is currently a team consultant for the St. Louis Blues. He is also a former professional ice hockey player who played for the Canadiens from 1973 until 1989. After retiring from active play, he became a hockey coach and later an executive with the NHL Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars organization before returning to Montreal as general...
both clean decided easy fight goal moments players recognize teams
Both teams had their moments where they had to fight from behind, and it was decided by a good, clean goal in overtime. It's very easy to recognize the will of the players on both teams to play with everything in the tank.
behind both clean decided easy fact fight goal great hockey moments players recognize result teams won
It was a great game. For us, the fact that we won makes the result great, but it was a great hockey game. Both teams had their moments where they had to fight from behind and it was decided by a good, clean goal in overtime. It's very easy to recognize the will of the players on both teams to play with everything in the tank.
game goal message nice skate team
That power-play goal, the first goal we scored .... was a nice message for our team that we were in the game and skate with them.
behind goals good point result taking
Taking the point after being behind two goals is a pretty good result for us.
easy games goals hide
One-goal games are easy to hide behind. One-goal games are two goals away from winning, and that's a lot in the NHL.
couple early game goals hard mark outcome period shock team tonight
Once we got down a couple of goals I think we went into shock and at that point, really the game tonight was over. Our team stumbled hard early in the game, and really by the 5-minute mark of the first period the outcome of the game was established.
attractive clear early goals opening played pursuit situation tonight
I wouldn't say desperation was our situation tonight early in the game, it was more I think a really clear and attractive pursuit of the goals that we want, and that's the way we played in the opening 20 minutes.
ability brought elevation goal happened open presence score third
He happened to score the goal in the third period, which is terrific, but I think he brought another presence to our defense, an elevation in our ability to find the open man.
against battle good lead minutes playing playoff respect took
We were playing against a good team. We have respect for them. We have to play as well as we can and for as many minutes as we can. We took a lead and had to battle for it. It was a good playoff game.
guy job needed saw
We saw the job was too big for one guy and (Huet) needed some help.
areas difficult needed plays prominent puck send style toward
The style he plays with was the prominent style in this game. We needed to go into the difficult areas to get the puck and send it toward the net.
both effect game outcome saw teams
The way both teams are going, that's why you saw the game that we saw. It was important game and it could have effect the outcome of the season.
final playoff points position teams
Right now, we're in a playoff position and if we get some points in our final game, we're going to the playoffs. The other teams can't say that.
committed needed player stumbling team
Our team was stumbling and bumbling and we didn't have a player really who was committed to doing what they needed to do.