Brian Gionta
Brian Gionta
Brian Joseph Giontais an American professional ice hockey player and the captain of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. He goes by the nickname "Gio" from his teammates and The Rochester Rocket, dubbed by the media. Although small in stature compared to most other players, he is known for his tenacious play...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth18 January 1979
CityRochester, NY
No, not at all. That's where you need to keep your focus. You try not to give them anything to go on.
care finish focused happen last strong
We focused in and wanted to finish strong in the last 10, 11 games. We'll see what happens. Things still have to happen for us to get the title. We just need to take care of what we need to take care of.
care reason small taking
We just keep the same routine, the same mind-set. The reason why we were doing well is because we were doing the small things out there. That's what we need to get back to ? taking care of those details.
careful guys obviously problem situation supplement
You have to think there are guys that do it, but I don't think it's a problem with the sport by any means. I don't know the situation, but there's obviously more to the supplement than you know about. It's an unfortunate situation and that's why you have to so careful nowadays.
fancy passing plugging shots trying
We've just got to keep plugging away. We're trying to be too fancy at times, passing up some shots that we should be taking.
games key olympic points relax
With only two games before the Olympic break, we want to get all the points we can get. The key for me is to refocus every game and not relax or back off what is making me so successful.
Tonight, when it really mattered, we couldn't get it done.
couple good next road trip weeks
We had a good road trip there a couple weeks back. But that next trip was not what we wanted.
reason
The reason you come here is for a medal.
far hard press stick
We just have to stick with it and know that we are doing the right things. We can't press too hard because you get too far away from your game.
against basically came game late played playing playoff
We've been playing well as of late but it's basically a playoff game against them and we came out and played well.
knew mistakes reason
We were shocked, obviously. But we knew what we did wrong. We made some mistakes and that was the reason why we didn't come out on top.
four second three
We really didn't play the second period. At one point, they probably had four 2-on-1s in three minutes.
great knew letting matter staying
We knew we had a great team. It was a matter of being consistent. We're not letting down. We're staying focused.