Daniel Briere
Daniel Briere
Daniel Jean-Claude "Danny" Brièreis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted in the first round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes, and also played for the Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League. Internationally, Brière won four gold medals in as many appearances with Team Canada at the 1994 World U18 Championships, 1997 World Junior Championships, and the 2003 and 2004 World Championships...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth6 October 1977
CityGatineau, Canada
He's a little bit of a disturber out there. He's got that edge.
Hopefully this is a big confidence-builder and keeps us going in the right direction.
We have to believe in what the organization has planned. They believed in the players we have here. They had a plan the last few years with what they were building. Not too many people believed they were right, but it's paying off now. You have to believe in them that they're going to make the right call.
We believe we have good enough speed to take advantage of teams with the new rules,
With the referees coming into the room before the game and explaining the rules,
We'll know more when they open me up.
We don't have a problem with predictions that put us in the last three in the conference,
When you're so close to playing, it's going to be frustrating if I don't have time to get into a game before the break.
You lose a couple games and you think it's bad luck and it'll come back, but with such a long losing streak, it made us take a look at everything again and make sure we make the adjustments before the playoffs. I really meant it when I said this will make us a better team.
You look at the beginning of the year, everybody was thinking that we were a team that, if we were lucky, we would be battling for a playoff spot in the end. That wasn't good enough for us. We found a way to clinch early and only finished three points behind Ottawa. We showed we belonged with the best. It's the same attitude that we're going to bring to the playoffs.
We definitely feel like we let Brian and Scott down. We weren't sharp. The puck was bouncing. We were losing control. We weren't executing like we usually do.
It was tough. When something like that happens, you realize that hockey's a game, life is life, and that there are more important things in life than hockey.
Hopefully it will keep us going in the right direction.
He's a heart-and-soul player. He's the type of guy you want on your side because he's probably the hardest worker on our team and he's going to be the same way over there.