Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Frederick Shanahanis a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player who currently serves as the president and alternate governor for the Toronto Maple Leafs, having previously serving as the director of player safety for the NHL...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth23 January 1969
CityToronto, Canada
easy good group looked players reasons success team tonight
One of the reasons we've been so good for so long is the group of players we have are very competitive professionals. If we were the kind of team that looked at the standings and said we can take it easy tonight we wouldn't have the kind of success we've had.
came looked second tired took
We came out and took over in the second period. They looked like a tired team.
ability both effort ends four great gritty people talk team
We rolled four lines, we got a lot of gritty effort from a lot of different people at both ends of the ice. People talk about our ability to score, but we've also got a great ability as a team to play great defense.
gained momentum penalties
We killed those penalties off, and we gained a lot of momentum from that,
great mark period played rest strong
We didn't get off to a great start. But from the 10-minute mark of the first period for the rest of the game, we played a pretty strong 50 minutes.
expected game knew proven win
We expected a big challenge. We knew we were going to have to win a game on the road. We've proven we can this season.
catch lead played start time
We've played a lot of catch up hockey. That's not good. Our start is very important. It's time for us to come out with a lead and have them play that catch up hockey, which we've been doing.
bit couple finding found knew late lost maybe messed players poise quit rotation side team ways
We lost a couple players and our rotation got a little messed up. We found a way to win. Obviously, this is a team on the other side that has been finding ways to win. There's no quit in Columbus. We knew they were going to come back. We maybe have to show a little bit more poise in our own end late in games.
good hit saves threw
I don't know what else you can do. We just threw everything at him. It's one thing to get hit by pucks, but he was actually making some pretty good saves out there.
expected few handle might personal players
I can handle it. I expected it ... that a few players might make it personal with me.
accuse case game help interest rules
No one can accuse me of self-interest in all this. You could make a case that a lot of the new rules don't help my game out at all.
adjustment bit blame call career decided guys knew percent tough trying
I was surprised, but I knew he was having a bit of a tough adjustment here. But there are a lot of guys who decided to call it a career after the lockout. You can't blame a guy for trying to come back and being 100 percent sure.
adjustment bit blame call career decided guys knew percent tough trying
I was surprised, but I knew he was having a bit of a tough adjustment here, ... But there are a lot of guys who decided to call it a career after the lockout. You can't blame a guy for trying to come back and being 100 percent sure.
call expect special
I wouldn't call it a special milestone. It's nice, but it's kind of what I expect of myself. Once you get it, you want to get more.