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...
knows team
I've never been around a team that everyone knows they're going to come back every time. They have that never-say-die attitude.
effort goal handful hard instead leave mindset nice rink slide squeeze stick team victory
Sometimes when you're pressing, you squeeze the stick too hard and instead of a goal you have a handful of sawdust. A big team effort and victory erases all of that. It's nice to get off this little slide we were on. Our mindset will be so much different. They know how hard things have been and it's nice to see them leave the rink with a well-deserved smile.
hockey played players second
That's hockey players - he played through it and didn't have a second thought about it.
huge rest
This is huge because it allows us to rest.
best good period third
The third period has always been our best period. But I don't think it's ever been this good to us.
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.
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.
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.
knocked maybe reality
Maybe this is good. It knocked us down a bit. Maybe we're back to reality a bit.
course par
It's par for the course with these two teams.
control emotions far talk team
They need to talk about how far this team can go if we can control our emotions and talk about what is on the line.
buy exact losing opposite streak
It's the exact opposite of our losing streak when we couldn't buy one.
game
It's another big game for us. Actually, most of them are now.