Olli Jokinen
Olli Jokinen
Olli Veli Pekka Jokinenis a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is currently a free agent, having last played for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings third overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, with whom he made his NHL debut. He has also played for the New York Islanders, Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Calgary Flames, New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators and Toronto Maple Leafs. He began...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth5 December 1978
freak game gave goal held played second smart solid took
We played a solid 60 minutes. In the second we took over the game and gave up a freak goal but we played smart and held the lead.
mentally ready tonight
We have to mentally ready to play every night, and tonight we weren't.
blame learn
We have to learn how to play under the rules. We can't blame the refs all the time.
champions cup good learn stanley teams
We have to learn from this. They showed why they were the Stanley Cup Champions two years ago. Good teams never quit.
matter power scores second
It doesn't matter who scores the goals. As long as we win, that's the key. If you play power play and you're on the first or second line, you're going to get your points.
bounce next ourselves sorry win
We can't feel sorry about ourselves and take back what we did. We've just got to bounce back and win the next game.
control teams
We can't control how the other teams play. But it was a big two points.
damage time turned
We were able to do damage every time they turned over the puck.
points throwing
We need points right now, and we can't keep throwing them away.
needed otherwise points wasted
We needed two points. Otherwise this would be a wasted trip. If we didn't get the two points we'd feel even more guilty.
against chances second shots
We haven't been able to get shots and second chances against this team. We did the little things right tonight.
happy test
We can't give him credit. He's probably happy he got his first shutout in the NHL, but we made him look good. We really didn't test that guy.
last played
I don't think we played the same way we did last week.
fix knew problem
I don't know what the problem is. If I knew the problem, we would fix it.