Chris Simon
Chris Simon
Christopher J. Simonis a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger, who played 20 seasons of ice hockey: 15 seasons in the NHL and 5 seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League. He last played for Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the KHL. During his NHL career, Simon's suspensions for disciplinary reasons totalled 65 games...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth30 January 1972
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I've never seen it like this. Never . . . You've got to scratch for everything you get here. Claw. Bite. And it's going to come right down to the end. We know that. No nights off. There's no room for error.
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Our (third and fourth line) is gonna be important, a big factor, especially when you play every other night for the rest of the season. The third and fourth lines have to pick it up and be the difference most nights.
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Dire times call for dire measures. We're going to cut in-service days. We're not spending more on teacher housing.
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To take a shot in the knee from a guy who's got one of the best, hardest, heaviest one-timers in the league -- that's toughness. Maybe crazy, too.
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We finally cracked it. It's an honor to reach that level of musicianship.
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We had goals in here where we wanted to be when this break started and now we have goals set for the last part of the season. It's gonna be important to get off to a big start. We have five games at home and want to use it to our advantage.
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We have to play a physical, disciplined game. We aren't going to exchange rushes with anybody. We established ourselves physically early in the game.
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We knew it was an important game for us. On the other side for them, too, it's a big game. They're trying to make the playoffs and we're trying to stay in first.
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This was a huge road win. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to win tonight. The key was our penalty killing and our goaltending.
huge key ourselves penalty pressure road win
This was a huge road win, ... We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to win tonight. The key was our penalty killing and our goaltending.
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It's very important to continue the winning ways so it starts to become a habit. It's a great habit to have learning how to win hockey games at all times of the year.
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I tried to get into a position where I could get the puck into the net. To be honest, I didn't know it went in. I was looking for the puck and it was in.
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They're two great players for me to play with. Both have a lot of speed, a lot of skill. We're trying to use what each other has and put it all together.
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It could have been a big difference on the power plays that they had, but our penalty kill and Kipper played awesome.