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
against bottom desperate drop game playing slow start top
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.
games ourselves previous worry
We got away from (playing our style) the previous two games. We just have to worry about ourselves right now.
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.
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.
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.
brother buddies catch college game good nice playing watching
It's always good playing here. My brother is here watching the game and some buddies I went to college with were at the game, so it's always nice to catch up with old friends and come back to a place that was real important in my career.
business care concern games happens high left main montreal taking trying winning
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.
game knows legend nice
A legend like that knows a lot about the game. It's nice to know he's around.
good nice rolling start win
It would be nice to get a win and start rolling and feel good about ourselves.
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.
grew team usa watching
You grew up watching Team USA and you always wanted to be out there.
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.
chances goals number
We dominated. The number of chances we had didn't show in the goals.