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
early extra huge lose point year
Early in the year we find a way to lose those (one-goal) games. Lately, we've been able to get that extra point. Every point is huge for us. It was a big win.
both eight four front games goes outside playoffs points teams thinking tied win
They're thinking the same way. It's a big two games for them, too. There's four points available, and they're like four-point games. If we win both we'll be tied with them, and if it goes the other way they're eight points in front of us. Both teams are outside the playoffs now, so it's huge.
obviously otherwise penalty point
It's no point to be frustrated. Obviously if you're going to play under the rules, you have to get used to the rules. Otherwise you're going to be in the penalty box.
fun hunt playoff points time year
It's a lot more fun to be in the playoff hunt than out of it. This time of year we've usually been 10-12 points out.
guess played point satisfied
It was a must-win for us, obviously. I guess we have to be satisfied - we played .500. But at this point in the year, it's not going to be enough for us.
fighting huge last point three weeks win
We're fighting for our lives. The last two or three weeks we've been able to win some games. Every point is huge for us.
points
Without him (Luongo), we wouldn't have any points tonight.
finding game last lately points win
We'd like to have those two points now, but we won't look back. We've been finding a way to win lately and we've got another must-win game tonight. It's been the same story for the last two weeks.
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.
points throwing
We need points right now, and we can't keep throwing them away.
choice deal easy happy playoff saying stay team year
I'm really happy to get the deal done. All year I've been saying I wanted to stay here. This team can be a playoff team, even this year. It was an easy choice for me.
character easy everybody
Everybody was focusing. It wasn't easy but we were able to do that. You can see there's a lot of character in that (dressing) room.
everybody kept puck ready rolling saw second soon
Everybody saw we were ready to play as soon as the puck dropped. Things just kept rolling in the second period. ... It was amazing. Everything went our way.
amazing hard
It's amazing how hard they work, every shift.