Michael Peca
Michael Peca
Michael Anthony "Mike" Pecais a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward of the National Hockey League. He played for the Vancouver Canucks, Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Columbus Blue Jackets. Peca currently is the general manager and director of hockey operations for the Buffalo Jr. Sabres, a Junior A hockey team owned by the Sabres, one of two teams he captained...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth26 March 1974
best careful hockey night playing point prepared team time
The one thing you have to be careful with every time you look at a lineup and see that you are playing a team you should beat, is that sometimes you don't put in your best effort. But I think at this point in the season, we're prepared to play our best hockey night in and night out.
suck thumb time
You haven't got time to suck on your thumb and think about things that didn't go your way.
fun nervous
I wasn't nervous at all. I just wanted to go out and have fun with it.
needed
We needed to relax. It showed in our play.
finish leg stick tried
I know on the play I didn't stick my leg out, ... He was planted on his skates. I just tried to finish my check.
evaluate few game goes played practices rink
I haven't played a game in over a month, so I'd like to get a few more practices in. I'll come to the rink (Tuesday), skate, see how it is and evaluate it as every day goes by.
apart course fell happened help last moving people questions strategy sure understand
I'm sure there will be a lot of everything at that meeting, such as our strategy moving forward. A lot of people may want questions answered, they may want to know what happened over the course of the last week, help them understand where things fell apart or didn't come together.
guys pride
I want to show the guys I can be relied on. I've got a lot of pride in myself and my game.
addressing believe bit came conference couple everybody games guy maybe opportunity thrives void wants
It's a void that everybody thought we had and if this is us addressing it, which we all believe it is, maybe it'll give us a bit of a boost. He came up big for us in a couple of games in the conference final. He's a guy who wants the opportunity and thrives on the opportunity.
fair full goals needed share
I've been full of confidence. I just needed one to go in for me. I'm still going to get my fair share of goals this year.
guys rely roles sacrifices superstars team time
They are all superstars on their own teams, but when they come there they have to rely on each other and it is a team effort. Sometimes guys have to make sacrifices on ice time and roles and that is how this team will have success.
calms confidence crowd despite game gave goal guys momentum ready start younger
The way momentum shifts in the playoffs, it's a big goal because you can take the crowd out of it. It calms everything down and allows the younger guys to play with more ease. Despite them getting that goal back, it gave us that confidence at the start of the game that we were ready to go.
both coming dynamic fast handle hard start
They're both very fast and dynamic teams. They can both be hard to handle when they really start coming at you.
good played playing pride team tough
This is a team that's played us pretty tough this year. They're playing pretty good hockey. They're playing with a lot of pride and enthusiasm.