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...
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.
consistency good hockey minutes played problem tonight
Consistency has been a problem for us, especially on the road. But we played 50 minutes of good hockey tonight and that's not always enough, but it was tonight.
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.
couple games good happy hard kept points tough
It was real big and hard earned. That was a tough couple of games that we had to play here. I am happy with my team. We kept working hard. It was a good two points for us tonight.
confidence describe drew good hockey instilled league money national outside pay playing rest team words
I don't know if I can come up with enough intelligent words to describe Drew MacIntyre. The confidence he has instilled in the rest of the team is unbelievable. If there is a goalie outside the National Hockey League that is playing as well as him, I'd pay good money to see him.
fate good position rests
Our fate rests in our own hands. And that's a good position to be in.
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.
five good minutes
We'd play for five minutes and be off for 15. It wasn't good for the guys.
excited guys obviously player sure
I'm sure the guys will be very excited to see him. Obviously he is a big player and a big part of this team.
confidence happy playing sound swagger
I'm really happy with our consistency. We're playing sound hockey. It's a confidence thing. We have our swagger back.
bags bumps guys huge ice locker needed tough
It was huge for us. It was a very tough series. We have guys with bumps and bruises. There are ice bags all over the locker room. This allows us to get some much needed rest.
couple games guys running skin taking words
I've got nothing. I'm out of words right now. In 75 games we did not do this. They just have a couple guys that get under our skin and we were running around taking penalties. It's frustrating.
far gone hoping maybe ourselves reading second six thinking weeks
Six weeks ago, realistically we were hoping for second thinking Reading was maybe too far gone for first. But we chipped away at it and clawed ourselves back and here we are.
caused course luck net par players stick sure whether
It went right through the net. The ref said that the net bulged but he wasn't sure whether it was a stick that caused it or not. Their goaltender told our players it went right through the net. That's par for the course the way our luck has been going.