Brendan Morrison
Brendan Morrison
Brendan Morrisonis a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He has previously played in the National Hockey Leaguefor the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Washington Capitals, Calgary Flames and Chicago Blackhawks...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth15 August 1975
challenge face front guy head looking
He has a lot to prove. He's a guy that is very motivated. He has a big challenge in front of him and he's looking to face it head on.
allowing body calling front great net position time todd wide year
That's a play we haven't been able to use much all year because the refs aren't allowing us to. They're always calling Todd for interference in front of the net during the battle. But this time he was wide open. He got great body position on their defender.
beat conference games late others points struggling supposed teams win
We've been struggling of late and we're in a real dogfight in the division, so when we play games that we're supposed to win we have to ... beat these teams. These are the teams others in the conference have been piling up points against.
talk time
Every time we come in here it's like this. Every time we talk about it, and it always happens.
labeled offensive stay step team
When you're labeled as an offensive team and you don't do it, it's a little frustrating, but you just have to stay with it. It's one game, but it's a step in the right direction.
against bad couple dwelling games luck overcome sit talk three time ways
We had a lot of point-blank chances. We had a couple of bad bounces against us early, but you have to overcome those things at this time of year. There's no use dwelling on it, there's no time to sit here and talk about our bad luck with three games left. We have to find ways to overcome it.
game kept major points puck shooting
That was one of the major points we keyed on before the game -- keep the puck away from him. We didn't and we couldn't get anything going. He just kept shooting the puck out.
battles came forced puck won
We came out, started to work, won puck battles and forced them to take penalties.
assessment fragile good saying
Fragile is pretty accurate. I think that's a good assessment of us right now. I'm not saying we don't want to do something, but we're not making plays. This is pretty much a must-win game. I mean, we need the points.
step
It's one game, but it's a step in the right direction.
coming eating hits hope hurdle move past
It's like the hits keep coming with him. Just when you think he can get past that hurdle and move forward, something else comes up. I hope it's not eating him up too much.
energy instead seems trying wasting
It seems like he's trying to go after everybody. He's wasting too much energy on that instead of concentrating on playing.
It was right there for us, but we didn't get it done.
almost boosts good hopefully
It's a good feeling. Almost immediately it boosts your confidence. Hopefully it translates into some more goals.