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
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.
add carry leave minds
It was very much on our minds that we wanted to leave with momentum. What this does is just add to everyone's confidence. Hopefully, we can carry on.
buffalo deal exciting forward free hit hoping looks open player positives term tunnel
At the same time, while I was hoping to get a term deal and didn't, there's are some positives with that, too. If I don't renegotiate with Buffalo during the season, then I'll hit the open market. At the end of the tunnel is unrestricted free agency, and that's something every player looks forward to. That could be a very exciting time.
playing
I'm just going to concentrate on playing hockey,
came certainly chance game gave momentum ourselves third
As disappointing as it is to lose, there was a positive, and it was the third period. We gave ourselves a chance to win, just came up a little short, but that's certainly the momentum we wanted to end this game with.
happy mixed point points pull rival start
It's a mixed feeling. We're happy with a point on the road, but it's a divisional rival we don't want to give any points up against. But after the start we had, to pull off another point, was a big achievement.
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.
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.
adds fans game good
It's good to see the fans get into it. It adds something to the game to see that many fans here.
absolutely acceptable game gets guy momentum paid reason
They got momentum off that. The whole game could have been different. It's not acceptable for them not to see it. A guy gets paid to do that job. There's absolutely no reason that should be a goal.
less unhappy
There's no excuses, we didn't play well. We're unhappy with anything less than two points.
came chills crowd game hard hearing ice locker loud relaxed room
I've been around the game long enough to be pretty relaxed in the locker room before the game. But, when I came out on the ice for the anthems, I got chills hearing how loud the crowd was. It was hard not to smile.
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.
bruise knee large orange size
I've got a bruise right now the size of a large orange on my knee from a Jaromir Jagr shot.