Jay McKee
Jay McKee
Jay McKeeis a retired ice hockey defenceman. He last played for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League, and was previously with the Buffalo Sabres and the St. Louis Blues. Throughout his career he has been noted among the NHL's best shot-blockers. He later served as an assistant coach for the Rochester Americans. McKee was born in Kingston, Ontario, but grew up in Loyalist, Ontario. He is currently the head coach of the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth8 September 1977
good known level physical pushed team
It really showed that this team won't be intimidated and pushed around. It was good that we, being known as the smaller, speedier team, were able to keep up with their level of physical play.
extra kept lead letting past pushing rewarding sit sitting teams
That's something new. It was rewarding that once we got the lead we didn't sit back. We kept pushing forward. In the past we've been sitting back and letting teams get that extra goal.
battle certainly early game goal plan pull
We wanted to get on them early but they got the first goal and that certainly wasn't our game plan but we were able to battle through and pull it off.
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Our penalty kill has done an exceptional job. All the guys involved, forwards included, are working together. To kill off as many penalties as we did against the hottest team in the league right now is a huge credit to how hard the guys are working.
brian great thinking winning
I think Brian did a great job. A big part of us winning like we did was because they were sidetracked with still thinking about that hit. If we can use that to our advantage, we will.
believing good matter record team
Our record is 44-19 for a good reason. We have a team in here that can play and can play with a record like that. It's a matter of believing in each other and going out and executing.
calls certainly enjoy exciting night physical strict turning tv watching wish
I enjoy now more than ever turning on the TV at night and watching the other games. It's a much more exciting game. I certainly wish the calls wouldn't be so strict with the physical play, but we have made the adjustment.
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Some games, momentum can be gained or lost through special teams. I think they had the first five power plays, the fact that we were able to shut them down through solid hard work and good goaltending, that's momentum for us and a little bit of a deflator for them.
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Marty was excellent. He came up with a number of real key saves for us. That's just a huge momentum changer, and that kept us in the game. It's probably the main reason we came out with two points.
drop everybody hit league
I think everybody was. I think everybody around the league would like to drop a hit like that one.
figure grow happens learn maybe
Maybe it's a better thing that it happens now than in the playoffs, so we can learn and grow and figure out where we need to get better.
dominated ice loss played playoffs team worst
That's the worst loss I've ever been a part of. We were dominated all over the ice in every area. We played like a team that is out of the playoffs and they played like a team that is comfortably in the playoffs.
loss worse
That's the worse loss I've ever been a part of.
bit great hope leave memories playing sour taste
Great memories for them. But we hope to leave them with a little bit of sour taste after playing this year.