Martin Straka
Martin Straka
Martin Strakais a retired Czech ice hockey centre who most recently played for HC Plzeň 1929 of the Czech Extraliga. He is also the club's general manager and co-owner, having bought a 70% share of the team in 2009. Straka played in the National Hockey Leaguefrom 1992 until 2008 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers...
create lead protect sat skating tried
We're not scoring, and it's tough. When we get the chance, we've just got to score. (In the third) we just kind of tried to protect the lead and sat back too much. We didn't create anything and they were skating really well.
bench funny great guy helping leader locker next playing sit team
He's awesome. He's a big part of the team and when he's playing, he's playing well. He's a leader and a great guy in the locker room, helping the other guys. He's funny on the bench during games. I like to sit next to him.
came everybody good guess luck puck ran tired
It was just good luck on the first puck of the game, and we never came back from that. I guess we ran out of gas. We were very tired with so many games, but everybody is in the same boat.
controlled played
After that (goal), I think we controlled the game. For the first 50 minutes, I thought we played pretty well.
controlled
After that (goal), I think we controlled the game.
call hope wake
I hope this will be a wake up call for the us.
hope
I hope that it's going to be a wake-up call.
great happy hard practice works
I'm very happy for him. He works very hard and practice and is a great, great guy.
battle power
That's what we said before the game, especially on the power play - we were going to battle for all the pucks and get all the rebounds. That was the difference. That's always the difference.
kept playoff plugging score talking
It was tough, especially the 5-on-3. You've got to score in playoff games. We kept talking about plugging away.
paper
I can't say it in the paper what I told him.
boo hear pass score tried
I tried to pass to him, and then they boo me when I score a goal. I told him, 'Keep the goal. I don't want to hear the booing.
couple days easier everybody games lake maybe next playing salt three tough
It's tough playing all those games in the NHL and then here. It was easier in Nagano and Salt Lake (only three preliminary-round games). Maybe that's something everybody should think about for next time, give us a couple of more days off.
czech hats people republic
They're doing the same thing in the Czech Republic now. It's not as many hats as here because people don't have as much money.