Jonathan Cheechoo
Jonathan Cheechoo
Jonathan Cheechoois a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Kontinental Hockey League...
cleveland good helped shows time tough
I think the time in Cleveland helped him. It's tough to play there. It's a good development league, but it shows you what you have to do to get here.
intensity matched physically playoff trying win
We matched them better physically and we matched their intensity through the whole game. Every win is big for us. We are trying to get back into the playoff race.
bite maybe time trying
He was just trying to get the goalie to maybe bite a little on his move. He froze him enough to give me time to put it upstairs.
draws fighting front garbage great ice job pick sees soft spot
He draws a lot of double-teams, and he sees the ice so well. Basically, all you have to do is find a soft spot in the ice. He does a great job fighting off guys, and I just pick up the garbage in front of the net.
assist connect dove gotten net nice seemed since
He dove into the net for it. It was pretty cool. We've just seemed to connect since he's gotten here. It was nice for him to get an assist on it, too.
nobody seen shot turned
I just turned and seen there was nobody between me and the net, so I just shot it. I didn't even look at the clock.
bit rest time
Any time you can get a little bit of rest it helps.
growing guys imagined names respect sinking
I never really imagined it, but it's amazing. A lot of guys who I have a lot of respect for when I was growing up have got their names on that trophy. It's still sinking in.
came dropped knew position shoot shooting trying
I came in, trying to set myself up so I could shoot at any time. I got into shooting position and he dropped down pretty early, so I knew I just had to get it upstairs.
bounce pouring
In the new NHL you've got to always keep pouring it on, you can't take any shifts off because you don't know when they're going to get a bounce or a call.
everybody foot guess hit knew looked
I knew it hit my foot and I looked down at my skate. Everybody started celebrating so I knew something happened. I guess you get one of those every once in a while.
control couple everybody gets good pressure spend sustained time
The first couple of shifts we sustained pressure in their end, and had good control. When you spend that much time in their end, I think everybody gets a little more energized.
bit came flat intensity last matched nice physically played road solid time
The last time we played them we came out a little bit flat and they played a really good, solid road game. So it's nice to come in here and to the same thing to them. I think we matched them a little bit better physically than we did at home, and we matched their intensity for the whole game.