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
came sure
I'm not sure why we came out flat.
came gold
It's disappointing, obviously, because we came here for the gold medal, a medal.
behind bought came carried found initial instead net swung throwing
It was all Sergei. Instead of throwing it away, he carried it behind the net and bought some time. I was able to get back to the net. Off the initial rush, I kind of swung away and came back and he found me.
came
I don't know if we were nervous, but we came out flat.
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.
care destiny
I want to take care of our own destiny. We don't want to back into it.
wins worry
I just worry about the wins right now.
definitely playoff
It's definitely going to be a playoff atmosphere.
extra
It's an extra little thing to come back.
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.
battle cracked hard month
They cracked down so much the first month that it was hard to know what you could get away with. Now you can battle for the puck.
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.
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.