Marian Gaborik
Marian Gaborik
Marián Gáboríkis a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. He began his playing career in the Slovak Extraliga with Dukla Trenčín for two seasons before being drafted third overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild. Spending eight seasons in Minnesota before signing with the New York Rangers in 2009, Gáborík is the Wild's all-time leading scorer in goals. He has also played for the...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth14 February 1982
CityTrencin, Slovakia
This was a big game against Colorado in our own division, and this is a game we really wanted. We need to win as many games as we can but not feel they're must-wins.
When the playoff picture isn't there anymore, it's hard to get motivated. But I think we are doing fine and especially these last few games we have to go out there and have fun.
I had to be patient, because I didn't really have my legs out there for most of the game. I was lucky to get the puck where I could do something with it.
You could see out there guys were hungry. It's a big game. The pressure was there, especially when you go back home after a month. We've just got to feed off this game and go forward.
We got some rebounds out there. We've got to bear down on them and bury one.
The season was a roller-coaster. There was a lot of inconsistency. ...Overall it wasn't bad but we want to get to the playoffs. That's our goal so we fell short.
I was used to not having to check the defensive zone. I had to learn to adjust to it, otherwise I was going to be in the minors.
I think he's the best goalie in the NHL. He made a lot of terrific saves and he was the key to the win.
I'm honored and I'm happy ... it's cool.
I was skating for 10 days, so I felt good out there. The biggest thing is we won the game.
Obviously it was a good buy. Very good buy.
On a goal like that, they should take a look at it even more precisely. If they hadn't got that goal it would have been a whole different game.
I felt pretty good. We are trying to be smart and use shorter shifts. I think that was working out there.
We want to finish strong and get some wins. Some guys are battling for jobs and stuff, obviously. You want to end things on a good note for the fans. They've supported us the whole time, so we want to finish the best we can.