Nils Ekman
Nils Ekman
Nils Karl Johannes "Nisse" Ekmanis a Swedish former professional ice hockey right winger. During his 15-year career as a player at the professional level he played in the National Hockey League, Swedish Elite League, Kontinental Hockey League, and SM-liiga. He played for the SEL team Djurgårdens IF when he suffered a stroke in December 2010, forcing him to retire from hockey on 10 August 2011...
challenged game good
Yeah, he had a good game but I don't think we challenged him as much as we could or should have.
far time travel wears
The travel wears you down, it really does. But they (the Lightning) had to travel far to get here, too, and they're not used to the time difference. It all evens out.
obviously penalty shots
It doesn't matter, it shouldn't matter. It's just about what you're going to do. Obviously you look at the penalty shots before to see what you can and can't do.
best compliments grateful guys others speak teammates
One of the best compliments you can give to a teammates is that he makes others better. I speak for all the guys when I say we're very grateful to have him here.
best confident decide playoffs teams tough
There's always going to be some tough bounces that are going to decide the games, and in the playoffs all the teams are good. We feel confident that we'll have our best effort.
We look at the standings and we know we're not where we want to be.
game guys looked maybe played
I looked at their lineup before the game and there were only maybe 3-4 guys I played with, so I approached it like it was just another game.