Joe Pavelski
Joe Pavelski
Joseph James Pavelskiis an American professional ice hockey player and captain for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. He scored a goal in his first NHL game, making him the 11th Sharks player in the history of the team to do so. He won a silver medal as a member of the United States national men's ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver...
game goes nights playing puck time tonight
Some nights you don't know how the puck goes in sometimes. Tonight we didn't know how it didn't go in sometimes. When you're playing a game like this, it's fun. Every time you get the puck, you think you can do something.
outcomes playing
The outcomes have been really good. I just like playing here.
facility playing
This is what we've been playing for all year. To be playing in (the final) now, in the facility that we have out there with the fans, it's just unbelievable.
knew saw trophies
We saw those trophies and we knew what we wanted to accomplish.
fans front win
To win in front of our fans and to give them something back is special.
control earned easy few given goes lucky maybe ounce teams took
We've earned every ounce of this. We've had a few lucky bounces. A few teams that maybe should have been here aren't, but that's the tournament. ... To say that we've been lucky or had an easy road, well, what goes around comes around. We were given it and we took control of it.
happened perfect
It was one of those things that it happened perfect at the time.
It was one of those nights, but that's on us. Those things are our fault.
connect conscious ice opposite pass seemed short sides together trying work
It seemed at times like we weren't really together on the ice. We were always on opposite sides of the ice trying to connect the long pass when the short pass is the one we need to be making. It's something we need to work on. It's something we're conscious of now.
bearing good last left start trying weekends
Two weekends left and then we've got playoffs. We're bearing down, trying to get something going here and I think we had a good start last weekend.
advantage games given hanging took
We were just hanging on and we were just getting games given to us and we never took advantage of them.
backyard cold days fun remember
You remember the days in the backyard when it's cold and you just had some fun.
happened hearts penalty saw
Penalty kill's one of the hearts of this team. And to come out like that, you saw what happened (Saturday) -- they were 3-for-6. That's awful.
last slump tired tougher year
Last year I got a little tired and if I'd get in a slump it was tougher to get out. This year, it's easier.