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
among chasing considered great honor players
It's nothing I was chasing from the start, but it was an honor to be considered among the great players (in this organization).
stuck win
You thought they were down and out, for sure. But they stuck with it and got some confidence. Once you win the first one, you never know.
beginning couple last lose row time trying understand year
There's no real panic. It's just trying to understand what we weren't doing right the last couple of games. Any time you lose two in a row in that fashion, there's got to be some concern, but we know what we need to do. It's not like the beginning of the year when we were searching.
puck shortage
There's no shortage of effort. We just need to get the puck in the net.
early goals stuck three
Once we got up early on them with those three goals, we just stuck with what we were doing.
good momentum played shot
He played great. We shot some at him but he did give up only one. We had some momentum and we had some good chances.
certain couple night react situations time tried
You see what he does in certain situations and try to react off that. I tried a couple of things the other night and this time I tried something else.
came gold
It's disappointing, obviously, because we came here for the gold medal, a medal.
game playing sharp start weird
It was kind of a weird game from start to finish. It wasn't as sharp as we have been playing lately, but it's still two points.
home
You want to take that (home ice) and use it to your advantage. You know how important it is in the playoffs.
game knows legend nice
A legend like that knows a lot about the game. It's nice to know he's around.