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
good hockey played playoff points tough
It's tough when you get to 90 points and don't get a playoff spot. We played some good hockey this year.
battling eliminated gaining ground tough until
The not gaining ground part is tough but until we're mathematically eliminated we're going to keep battling and clawing and fighting.
club hockey integral lose parts tough
It's tough to lose two integral parts of your hockey club like that.
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.
best fighting fights-and-fighting
We're going to keep fighting and give it our best shot.
afforded looking luxury past
We're not afforded the luxury of looking past any games.
quit
We're not going to quit and we just have to keep working.
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.
meetings score
We've had enough closed-door meetings this year. We don't need another one - the score said it all.
conviction match passion scoring waves
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.
games looking move trying win
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.