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
bit fact five gained good hard lost momentum power shut solid special work
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.
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.
playing
I'm just going to concentrate on playing hockey,
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.
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.
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.
california definitely money southern
To do it in Southern California would be much more costly. You definitely get more for your money in Phoenix.
deserved doors open played strong won
We didn't open any doors for them. I just think they got some bounces. I'm not going to say they won by chance. They played strong and deserved to win.
easy hits
Big hits like that don't come around too often. It's not easy or you'd see them every night.
less unhappy
There's no excuses, we didn't play well. We're unhappy with anything less than two points.
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.
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.
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.
compares cup unless win
Obviously, there's nothing that compares to the '99 Cup run. Nothing will ever compare to that unless you win it all.