Jussi Jokinen
Jussi Jokinen
Jussi Petteri Jokinenis a Finnish professional ice hockey forward and an alternate captain for the Florida Panthers. He was drafted by the Dallas Stars in 2001 in the sixth round, 192nd overall, and spent his first three NHL seasons with the team. Jokinen has also played in the NHL for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Penguins...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth1 April 1983
CityKalajoki, Finland
change move shot
I've used the same move and the same shot on all my shootouts. So why change up on something that is working.
changed middle
There's so much talk, so I went down the middle instead. I just changed a little, but you have to do that.
change knew league move played thomas tim time
I was pretty confident, but Tim Thomas and I played in the same league over in Finland. I think he knew what I was going to do. I had been going with a move in the shootout before this and I think it was time to change that move.
confidence high points seven
First of all, we have seven big points in those shootouts. I think my confidence in shootouts is pretty high now.
chances confidence four points seven
We have seven points in those (shootouts). My confidence is high. In Europe, (the shootout's) been in for four years and I got a lot of chances on breakaways with the Finnish team.
battle enjoy explain hard
It's pretty hard to explain it. I enjoy that situation. It's like a 1-on-1 battle between me and the goalie.
enjoy explain hard
It's pretty hard to explain it. I enjoy that situation.
ahead la points six three
It's six important points. We're ahead of LA by three points, so those points are big.
tv
It's been on TV too much. I didn't want to do that.
against easy follow played
He's our captain, so we follow him. He's played well against this team, and that makes it easy for us.
defense goals good period third win
The first period was very good for us. We got two big goals and we had good defense in the third period. It was a big win for us.
gold hockey lose player wants win
You win the bronze, you win the gold, you lose the silver. Every hockey player wants to go out with a win.