Ian Laperriere
Ian Laperriere
Ian Laperrièreis a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League. Laperrière spent nine seasons of his NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings and also spent time with the St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers, Colorado Avalanche, and Philadelphia Flyers. He is currently an assistant coach for the Flyers...
forward great guy guys joining opens playing tight
Especially in the playoffs, it's so tight as a forward you always have a guy on you. When you got the 'D' joining the rush, it kind of opens up things. All those guys have been playing great offensively.
celebrate good team time
It's a good team win, but not too much time to celebrate that. We're going to Calgary and get right back at it.
stressful
This is what the NHL wants. It's stressful for everyone around here, but that's OK.
advantage bad couple played power three tonight took
They played well, they took advantage of the power play and they had a couple bounces going their way. That's the playoffs. We had that in the first three games. I don't think they played bad in the first three games, we just had the bounces going our way, and tonight was their way.
league pressure
They're (among the best) in the league for a reason. They just put pressure on.
boot camp games good played time
At least we've made it fun. We've played some games out there, so it's nothing like boot camp or anything like that. It's more like it's been good to get in shape, but at the same time you can make it fun, and that's what they've been doing. It's getting old right now. We want to get back at it and play.
chance everybody great playoffs stressful
Everybody around the league, every market, feel they have a chance to be in the playoffs and do good. I think that's great for the game, but it's stressful for everybody around here.
building desperate win
They were a little more desperate than us tonight. But it's the playoffs. You just can't give them any life, so we have to go into their building and win there.
chip
I try to chip in once in a while,
bad boots effort great last playing tonight
It's not like we've been playing bad for the last month, but we didn't put in an effort like we did tonight for 60 minutes, and it's great to see. We just put the working boots on.
came expect lead sit win
You can't just sit on a lead and expect to win those games. That's what we did, and they came at us pretty hard. We got at least one point, but that's not what we came here for.
best bring everybody pressure shoulders
There's pressure. Hopefully, it's going to bring out the best in everybody here, the pressure that we have on our shoulders right now.
anybody beat believe chance close good league market seed teams upset
You can see how close it was for all these teams to get into the playoffs. Anybody really had a chance to beat anybody. The league wanted pretty much an even league and that's what they got. I think the No. 8 seed (in the playoffs) can beat the No. 1 and the No. 7 seed can upset the No. 2 seed and you can just go down the list. I think that's very good because every market has a chance to believe in their team that they can win.