Olie Kolzig
Olie Kolzig
Olaf Kölzig, known as Olie the Goalie or Godzilla, is a South African-born German former professional ice hockey goaltender, subsequently the goaltender coach and now player development coach for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. With the exception of 8 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning, he played his entire 14 year NHL career with the Capitals...
games hungry league level position raise team teams thinking win
We're really in no position to say we're better than any other team in the league right now. There are some games that, on paper, you should win but those teams are just as hungry as we are and then they see us, they're probably thinking the same thing so they also raise their level of play a little.
came chance complete couple days embarrass games good last ourselves paid played win
That's right up there. That's a complete 180 from the way we played the last two games ... and that's the way we need to play to give ourselves a chance to win. When we don't play like that, not only do we not win but we embarrass ourselves. We came out hard. We came out determined. We had a couple good days of practice, and it paid off.
whatever
It was the same thing. Grahame didn't have it frozen, but he disallowed it for whatever reason. Just give me some consistency. That's a two-goal swing.
beginning earlier few hard hate last limits push sweet
We hate that team. I think it started at the beginning of the year. I'm not going to say they're dirty, but they push the limits in how hard they play. They spanked us a few times earlier in the year. It was sweet revenge. We got the last laugh.
good normally obviously rest saves starts supposed
I wasn't very good tonight, either. The first two goals, man, those are ones that I normally have ... so obviously it starts with the goalie and if the goalie isn't making the saves he's supposed to, how can you really say anything about the rest of the team?
dominated goal net shot took wind
I think just about everything they shot at the net went in and that was the problem. They took the wind out of our sails, when they scored that goal after we dominated the first period.
advantage obviously tired took
Obviously they were a little tired and a little flat. We took advantage of the situation.
played three
We played with him for three years so we all knew.
pressure score
There was a lot of pressure on Peter. Because he had to score to keep it going.
accept against ask breed last losing might nights ourselves people picking position team though
As a group, we can't accept losing, even though we are a young team and there are a lot of people picking against us. But the last thing you want to do is breed a losing mentality. You have to be accountable and do everything to put ourselves in a position to win. Most nights it might not happen. But as long as we are not out-worked and out-hustled, that's really all you can ask from this group.
against good penalty power team trouble year
Against that team, if we get into penalty trouble -- they've got such a good power play and they've killed us all year long with it. We just need to find a way to be more disciplined against a team like that.
happy ugly
I was just happy to get the win. It was an ugly game.
exciting himself seems top
He just seems to top himself every week. He's an exciting player.
guys habit hard last matter nice night order played playing
Guys were playing with a lot of inspiration out there. It was nice to see. We've played better than our last five-game record. We know we have to play like this every night in order for us to have a chance. But you don't want to get into the habit of losing, no matter how hard you're working.