Nick Vitucci
Nick Vitucci
Nick Vitucciis a former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was the head coach of the ECHL's Toledo Walleye from 2009-2014. In 2008, Vitucci was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame...
enthusiasm fans great ice man sixth
That was great. Our fans have such great enthusiasm. They're the sixth man on the ice for us. It's an intimidation factor.
consistency earlier
I'd like to see a little more consistency out of Scooter and Kenny. If they play like they did earlier in the year, they can take us a long way.
capable line nice putting whatever
Right now it's better than ever. It's nice to know that whatever line we put out there, they're capable of putting it in the net.
knocked maybe reality
Maybe this is good. It knocked us down a bit. Maybe we're back to reality a bit.
guys hard points step tonight tough
When times are tough and points are hard to come by, we need individuals to step up to be heroes. Tonight we had a lot of guys who were heroes.
awesome cares confidence dedicated disappoint gave mac none players shot shows team
Mac has been awesome for us. He gave the whole team a shot in the arm. He instills a lot of confidence in our team. He was dedicated to come back here and it shows how much he cares about organization. None of the players want to disappoint him.
frustrated players
The players were getting frustrated and I told them to try to go with the flow.
boosts energy games good guys help mix older three works
We've got a good mix of young and old. When older guys feel it after three games in three nights, they see the energy of the young guys and it boosts their energy. It works the other way, too. The older guys help the young guys work through things.
advantage certainly dictate division games hard next nice ourselves three whether win worked
We've certainly worked hard to put ourselves in that position. The next three games will dictate whether we have home-ice advantage or win a division title. It's nice to be in that position.
great line playing step
We've been playing great as a team. Everyone has contributed. If one line wasn't playing well another one would step up and be the hero.
against backs coaching confident nice perspective team
When our backs are against the wall, we are a confident team and that's very nice from a coaching perspective.
buy exact losing opposite streak
It's the exact opposite of our losing streak when we couldn't buy one.
course par
It's par for the course with these two teams.
both fitting great hockey nice phenomenal played playoff
That's playoff hockey on Feb. 1. It was a fitting end to a great hockey game. Both goaltenders were phenomenal and there was just really nice hockey being played out there.