Mike Knuble
Mike Knuble
Michael Rudolph Knubleis a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League. During his 16 NHL seasons, he played for the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth4 July 1972
biggest building games test tomorrow
It's all been kind of building up to the quarterfinals. The games were kind of 'easier' at the beginning. Now they're getting tougher. Tomorrow is going to be our biggest test so far.
games happens win
We're just going to try to win games and see what happens at the end. That's all we can do now.
goal late today typical
Today was typical of what we did -- a goal late and a goal short.
difference power proud
Our power play hasn't really done that well of late, but I think we should be proud of the difference we made.
chance convenient demanding lie motivation point weeks whether
That's kind of convenient to say, but we had a chance at first place. At this point we have to find motivation somehow, whether it's first place, whether it's a day off tomorrow, you've got to find motivation somehow. I'm not going to lie to you and say it wasn't a demanding week, but who doesn't have demanding weeks in their job... That's not an excuse.
season step time
As a player, this is a challenging time in the season and you want to step up.
building crowd
This building was really jumping, the crowd was really into it.
bit might playoffs running switch throw waiting
They showed us where we need to get at. They?re priming for the playoffs and we might be waiting to throw the switch a little bit and we?re running out of time.
bit coming credit devils game shock taken weird
I think we're all in shock right now. It's really weird right now. We're all taken aback and a little bit in shock because it was done. It was over. Give the Devils credit for coming back when the game was on the line. They're rolling.
chance checkers pride relish
Their checkers take a lot of pride in what they are doing. They relish the chance to do that.
frustrated heading leaves losses playing rink wins
It's not about wins or losses right now. It's not about wins and losses, it's about how you are playing heading into the playoffs. I think we all want to do better. I think we all feel frustrated when we don't play our best. Everyone leaves the rink disappointed.
knowing nerves
I don't know if it was nerves or what, knowing this was an elimination game.
digest home huge ice lost time
I don't know. I haven't had time to digest it. But we lost the home ice and that's going to be a huge factor. It's probably going to be a little harder.
crowd helped ready
The crowd was ready and they helped us get into it.