Nikolai Khabibulin
Nikolai Khabibulin
Nikolai Ivanovich Khabibulinis a Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Known by the nickname The Bulin Wall, he spent the majority of his playing career in the National Hockey Leaguewith the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Bay Lightning and Edmonton Oilers...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth13 January 1973
found game points
Another game that we found a way to lose. Two points wasted.
best close felt games played three
Of the three games I've played so far, I thought I felt the best tonight. Obviously, I'm not close to where I want to be.
needed save worst
That was a save I needed to make to keep us in it. I didn't make it, but the worst thing is to get frustrated.
goes tough unlucky
That's the way it goes right now. Those are tough to take. The only way is up now. How much more unlucky can we get?
games hockey step winning
Winning hockey games when we don't play well, that's a step forward.
anticipate depends
It depends on who it is. If you don't know the guy, you have to be patient. Otherwise, you can anticipate his move.
best points
I don't think it was my best game, but we got the two points and that's what matters,
harder
I anticipated a little harder shot, maybe. I overreacted a little.
case coach knew might raised supposed tells
I was raised that if the coach tells you something you're not supposed to argue, ... If I knew that was the case I might have said something, but that's not how I was raised.
totally understand
I was pretty bad. I totally understand the decision.
blocked front good guys overtime played
When you play well right from the start, you feel better, ... I think guys in front of me played (well), especially in overtime they blocked a lot of shots. It was a very good effort.
blocking clearing guys
Tonight, I got to see the puck. When I didn't see it, guys were blocking it. If there were any rebounds, they were clearing them.
division game happen next win
This was a pretty big game for us because it was a division opponent. You want to win those games, but it didn't happen tonight. We've got to play better the next game.
early game start
It's not the kind of start you want, but it was still early and we had the whole game to play.