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
I knew at some point if they gave us a chance to stick together we were going to get going together.
I never saw him. It was careless on my part, but it wasn't on purpose. Sometimes that's going to happen.
I'm very excited to see him come back, but they made it perfectly clear to me, even though it's the same type of injury and the same type of surgery, that it wasn't the same thing.
It's not about one or two lines or one or two players on this team. There's something special here.
I have no problem looking at the standings when we walk in the door. But before making comments like that you should look at yourself in the mirror and look where you're standing and why you're losing all those games.
That's why we're a good team. We keep finding ways to win and there's no doubt it doesn't matter who scores. ... The depth of our team is what makes the difference and it showed tonight.
That's huge mentally, not just the two points in the standings.
It went from being one of the loudest buildings to being very quiet.
It makes us angry but there's nothing we can do about it. The only positive is that Tucker is going to play golf and we're going to the playoffs.
It was definitely a big relief to get that lead again, to keep it and go all the way.
It says a lot about the players in this room, the organization. Going through all the injuries that we have this year, I don't think anybody could have predicted that we'd be here today at 104 points and 49 wins.
It's a win for us. That's what matters the most. Lately they've been tough to come by. Even though we blew the lead, the win feels good.
It's not going to be easy, but it's great for the fans. We get to see the Leafs, Canadiens, Bruins and Senators more often. It's better for travelling as well. There's a lot of positives, but emotion will be a big factor.
It's just frustration. We don't know where to go anymore. We don't know what is a penalty, and what's not. We're trying to bang some rebounds in, just going to the net. I paid the price for trying to score a little too hard.