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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We're going to keep fighting and give it our best shot.
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We're not afforded the luxury of looking past any games.
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We're not going to quit and we just have to keep working.
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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.
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Optimism and hope are for teams that don't believe. We believe we can make the playoffs.
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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.
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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.
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We've had enough closed-door meetings this year. We don't need another one - the score said it all.
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We have to have some conviction in our game. They're going to come in waves and we have to match that intensity, match their passion for scoring goals.
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We're looking ahead. We're trying to move up the standings as much as possible. We have some games before the break, and we need to win them all.
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We gave up that first goal, and bang, it seems like we lost our confidence. Our psyche is fragile right now. We need to be mentally tougher.
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We needed the point. It didn't matter who scored. One point at a time isn't good enough. We need two points every night.
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It's heartbreaking to find out it's not going to happen. You live to the play in the playoffs. Besides having children and a family there is nothing better in life than winning hockey games in the playoffs. It's like having your heart ripped out.