David Bolland
David Bolland
David D. Bollandis a Canadian professional ice hockey player and an alternate captain for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. Bolland earned the nickname The Rat for his ability to get under the skin of opponents, similar to the play of Ken Linseman, the first player to have the nickname. Bolland was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second roundof the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to joining the Blackhawks full-time, Bolland played in the American Hockey...
fast guy knock trying
He was a fast little guy and I would be the guy trying to jab him and knock him down.
canadian coming game knows lay sort sure
I could see them sort of lay back a little bit. They were sort of like, 'Holy ... what's going on here?' It's a Canadian game we want to play. We want to make sure everyone knows that we're coming out hitting.
cheat empty looking mix power puck shooting shoots side weekend
I'm shooting the puck more, but I know I need a big weekend to get 50 in 50. Especially on the power play, goalies cheat to Rob's side because he shoots the puck a lot every game, so I'm looking at a lot of empty nets. With me, I'm usually passing, but you try to mix it up so the goalie doesn't know what you're going to do.
against coming gold good incentive medal playing talked wanting wants
We've talked about what it is going to be like playing against each other. We're good buddies, and it is going to come down to who wants it more. Coming back and wanting to show the gold medal off is a big incentive to me.
goes grip hurt period played third
It hurt and I couldn't grip my stick. I played the PP (power play) in the third period (Saturday) and that was it. We'll have to see how it goes here.
work
I don't think it really matters. It just comes down to who is going to work harder.
dylan guys points team three year
Hopefully, we can get Dylan those two more points this weekend. It's not every year you have three guys on the same team with 100 points.
battle black finland matter saturday sweden until
We'll let Sweden and Finland battle it out until they go black and blue. It doesn't really matter who we play. If we hadn't (beaten the U.S. Saturday night), it would have been a real battle for us.
hard hit quick space
We can't let them have their space. We've got to get on them quick and hit them hard and let them know we're going to come at them.
anybody canadian coming confident gets hit love saying walk
We are not coming in saying we are going to walk all over them. We are going to come in confident that we are going to play our Canadian game. We love to hit, and if anybody gets in our face, we are going to hit them.
love phenomenal player
It was a phenomenal season, one every player would love to have.
game playoffs remember
I remember all of it clearly, right from the first game of the playoffs to the very end. All of us remember everything.
careers glad goals guys home keeping nice points season
Not many guys get 50 goals and 100 points in a season during their OHL careers so it's a big thing. I'm keeping the puck. I'm glad to get it done. It would've been nice if one of us got our 50th at home but a goal's a goal. That's the way you have to look at it.
head kindness next stuff whine
I'm not one to whine about that kind of stuff and I don't think there was anything to it but he better keep his head up next time. Those things come around.