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
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Whenever there's a ceremony like that, if you're home or away, you always have to be careful not to get too stale. But it sparked a lot of emotion, and that kept us going. It felt like a playoff atmosphere out there.
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Our main concern was winning games and trying to get as high as we could. Obviously, we've been taking care of our own business and we can do that again. We have one game left in Montreal and if we win that, we'll just see what happens from there.
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Yeah, we had to do it but that stuff was taken care of before we were over here. I've only played in a couple of world championships and world juniors. He's been around a lot longer, so he knows more than I would.
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Yeah, we had to do it. But that stuff was all taken care of before we got over here. Our families were pretty much set, the plans were set when we got over here. So I don't know about that.
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I want to take care of our own destiny. We don't want to back into it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What he brings is that threat. The other team needs to back off a little because they need to respect him. That sets everything else up for the rest of us.
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We're staying patient. We're staying on an even keel and waiting for our chances.
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We knew what was going on. Down 3-1 going into the third and with a chance for a division title, we had to throw everything on the line.
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We know we need to start scoring. We just have to stick with it. We know we're doing the right things.
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We dominated. The number of chances we had didn't show in the goals.
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We don't start the same way against those bottom teams. Against these top teams, we're playing them desperate right from the drop of the puck. We're playing down to other levels. We start out slow and let them take the game to us.