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...
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.
emotions expect game harder hurt overcome periods reality setbacks start strong team trek upbeat win
We've made this trek a little harder on us. But you can't expect to win every game and it may not hurt to get back to reality a little bit. We've overcome setbacks before and I'm upbeat about how our team will rebound. We have to have a strong game from start to finish. We can't take periods off and we'll have to keep our emotions in check.
bring needed strength
We needed to bring in size, strength and talent.
hopefully opportunity redeem stop
We have an opportunity to redeem ourselves. Hopefully we'll put a stop to this.
care fate hold keeping looking weekend
We were looking at this weekend as keeping pace, more so than making hay. We have to take care of our own business. We hold our fate in our hands.
five good minutes
We'd play for five minutes and be off for 15. It wasn't good for the guys.
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.
ability says shots style
That says a lot about our style and our ability to put that many shots on goal.
kid line speed tenacity
The Kid Line has speed and tenacity all over the ice.