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
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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.
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I felt good today so it's really encouraging.
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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.
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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.
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We've played with each other long enough to know where to go and what to do.
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There are a lot of veteran guys in the NHL laughing right now,
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Those things happen in hockey. I have no ill will toward (Kovalev).
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We're trying to stick together here and do the proper things and do the proper plays and work hard in practice and find ways to win hockey games, but it's awfully frustrating when you lose.
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It's tough to lose two integral parts of your hockey club like that.
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It's one of the single best performances I've ever seen an individual have.
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It's the game of hockey. He's playing hard for his team, I'm playing hard for my team, and things like that are going to happen.
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It's tough when you get to 90 points and don't get a playoff spot. We played some good hockey this year.
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The not gaining ground part is tough but until we're mathematically eliminated we're going to keep battling and clawing and fighting.
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Even when he bends, he doesn't break. He just gets us two points every time.