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...
expect jason madison move night pull saturday square stop win
It was actually kind of fun. On this stage, Madison Square Garden, Saturday night ... If I stop Jason Strudwick, we win the game. I didn't expect Malik to pull a move off like that.
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.
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.
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.
friday grade growing holding key nights realize saturday word
I'm the same guy, I'm just holding it in a little better. Going into the season, the key word for me was patience. There are going to be nights like Saturday night and Friday night. You have to grade yourself after every game. You have to realize there are going to be growing pains.
earlier gave guys help
We gave them a little too much respect. I didn't help myself out much. I didn't bale the guys out like I did earlier in the year.
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.
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.
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.
advantage obviously tired took
Obviously they were a little tired and a little flat. We took advantage of the situation.
pressure score
There was a lot of pressure on Peter. Because he had to score to keep it going.
against approach calls change game guys home last message reason road whether
I really hadn't thought about the road record. Personally, I approach every game the same whether we're at home or away. We have to get that message to the guys here in the room. There are some things that go against you on the road. They can make the last change and sometimes you don't get the calls on the road -- not that we get many calls anyway. There's a reason it's called home-ice advantage.
european fashion hit home ideas implement seemed tone trying
He's trying to implement some European fashion ideas here that just haven't seemed to hit home yet. We're trying to get him to tone it down a little bit.
played three
We played with him for three years so we all knew.