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...
cause physically pressure score
They score the old fashioned way. They pressure physically and cause turnovers.
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.
factors
They're all now important factors on this team.
hockey played players second
That's hockey players - he played through it and didn't have a second thought about it.
adrenaline appreciate behind coaching fans home ice ownership staff
This is why we need home ice advantage. Our fans are so important to us. When you have 5,000 fans behind you, it's an adrenaline rush. The players, the coaching staff and the ownership all appreciate that.
dangerous hard playing playoffs teams though
They play hard even though they aren't in the playoffs because they're playing for pride. Those are dangerous teams to play.
huge rest
This is huge because it allows us to rest.
days example fighting front group guys hockey impressive later lives people perfect rough sitting tough
Some people think these guys are just hockey players, rough and tough guys. But they also have lives and aspirations away from hockey. He is a perfect example of that. One day he's sitting in front of an impressive group of people and two days later he is fighting in front of another group of people.
asked stood time took until
I was a goalie for a long time and I stood in there and took my lumps until I was asked to get out of the net.
games grown matured nice reward team
Huge. This is a relief. This is excitement. It's just a culmination of 72 games that this team has just grown and matured so much. What a nice reward we got tonight.
fate good position rests
Our fate rests in our own hands. And that's a good position to be in.
drew giving heroic hockey mediocre needed saves steal stretch team
Part of that stretch where we were a mediocre hockey team was because we were getting mediocre goaltending. They weren't getting the big saves when we needed them. Sometimes you need those heroic saves to steal a game. Bernd and Drew are now giving us that consistently.
against chance gave good handful hard saves shots stopped three
He was solid. When you only have three shots against you in one period, it can be hard on you mentally. I thought he gave us a chance to win. He stopped everything he should have stopped and he made a handful of good saves to keep us in the game.
couple
He did not look out of place at all. I think he scored at least a couple on me.