Darcy Tucker
Darcy Tucker
Darcy Tuckeris a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player, who played most of his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. A sixth round draft choice, Tucker began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens. Throughout his NHL career he also played for the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Colorado Avalanche. Tucker was born in Castor, Alberta, but grew up in Endiang, Alberta...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth15 March 1975
CityCastor, Canada
care initiation played
I don't care where you have played or what you have done, you have had some initiation of some sort. We've all done it, all been through it.
bad hit hurt maybe position pulled realized touched
I was going to hit him, but I was in a bad position and I realized I would hurt him, so I pulled out. Maybe I touched him. But I could have hit him and I didn't.
hard hit land
She hit me so hard I thought I would land in BC.
blood calmed eye five four minutes rest rolling watered
My eye watered for the rest of the game. There was some blood rolling around in there for four or five minutes and then it calmed down.
lost montreal since time
We've said since the time we lost the two Montreal games, we won't quit.
few guys putting quite
There are some things that are off-limits, that's the way it should be. Putting a few guys in the washroom, I find it actually quite amusing.
believe hope optimism teams
Optimism and hope are for teams that don't believe. We believe we can make the playoffs.
continues guys hard playoff respect work
Our guys have a lot of respect for Pat. He has done a lot for our organization and he continues to work hard into getting us into a playoff position.
blame fulfill goal job lies obviously understand
Our job was to get us into the playoffs. We didn't fulfill our goal and with that obviously comes disappointment. We understand that a lot of the blame lies with us.
felt good today
I felt good today so it's really encouraging.
areas foot game half ice left past physical shot year
I feel much fresher than I did when I left the game a year and a half ago, ... I've probably shot myself in the foot in the past being over-zealous with my physical play. This year I want to try to find areas on the ice where I don't get bounced around as much.
chances game impressive scoring terrible
I feel terrible for him. It's not an impressive way to play the game when we give up all those scoring chances in the first 10 minutes.
players prove sure tough
I don't think it was necessarily just the players' decision. I think (Hartley) should be accountable, but that's not for me to say. It's tough to prove something like that and I'm sure their players aren't going to say anything.
corner hit looking puck quick room tried
I was looking at the puck in the corner and I don't know what happened. It hit my eyeball, so I tried to get to the room as quick as I could.