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
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.
expected few guy numbers wears
I'm not going to lie, when you're a guy that is expected to put up numbers offensively and you haven't done it for a few games, it wears on you,
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.
came forefront good mattered team
As a team we just weren't good enough defensively and our deficiencies came to the forefront when it mattered most.
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.
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.
almost boosts good hopefully
It's a good feeling. Almost immediately it boosts your confidence. Hopefully it translates into some more goals.
step
It's one game, but it's a step in the right direction.
It was right there for us, but we didn't get it done.
guys opposed ted
A lot of guys weren't opposed to Ted but that wasn't the real issue,
bit early experience four gained last quite team
We know we're not getting any younger. We're a team that gained quite a bit of experience here the last four years of the playoffs. We've also had early exits the last four years.
games matter third win
We still feel going into games we can win those games. It's a matter of going out and executing, and we haven't executed in third periods.
We did what we had to do and got the win.