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
hard hockey plays practice proper stick together trying ways win work
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.
stupid sound hard
I know it sounds stupid, but we're just playing. We're playing hard, but we're just playing.
winning littles hopefully
If we can continue to win, hopefully they can falter a little down the stretch.
heart play like-you
You live to play in the playoffs. It's like your heart is ripped out.
hockey want
You want it? Work for it.
stupid hockey thinking
I'm on the third line. I'm a crasher. I know my role. I'm just trying to help. I'm not stupid enough to think I'm great out there.
wise opportunity different
Maybe I was cast into a different role (in Montreal) and it seemed to follow me around wherever I went, ... Everyone is skeptical until you produce. It's up to me from this point forward. I'm going to get an opportunity to maybe take on a bigger role leadership-wise and offensively.
guys laughing veteran
There are a lot of veteran guys in the NHL laughing right now,
anybody anyone hand huge lightly night points taking task understand
I don't think anybody is taking anyone lightly anymore. The task at hand is more important than anything else. We understand two points is very huge every night for us.
happen ill toward
Those things happen in hockey. I have no ill will toward (Kovalev).
played
We've played with each other long enough to know where to go and what to do.
crime fit punishment
I don't find the punishment fit the crime in Moe Mantha's case,
fit punishment
I don't find the punishment fit the crime,
gone
I don't know what has gone on there, but if what is being said is accurate, I find it's an (overreaction), what they did to Moe Mantha,