Patrik Elias
Patrik Elias
Patrik Eliáš; born April 13, 1976) is a Czech professional hockey winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. A career-long Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leader in points, goals, and assists, and he holds the franchise record for the most points in a seasonand the most career game-winning goals. Elias has won two Stanley Cups with the Devils, one in 2000, and another in 2003...
against hockey says
It says a lot about our hockey team. We can play against anybody.
half month people slide wrote
A lot of people just wrote us off before the New Year. Even after the slide we had. You look a month, month and a half back, you won't see too many people who said that we had a chance.
against happened knocked rivalry
We know what happened ... when they knocked us out. There is always a rivalry against these guys. It's going to be special.
rather team
Would we rather play a team with Jagr or without Jagr? Yeah. We'd rather play without Jagr.
shadow
We're going to have to shadow someone else.
almost shape skated
I haven't skated in almost two weeks, so I need to get back in shape a little bit.
game helps start
It helps to start a game like that on the road.
coaches couple good helps hold ice spreading work
It helps that they're going well. We were making good plays, spreading the ice pretty well. I didn't want to hold back. I told the coaches that when I come back I want to play, I don't just want to go out there and play a couple of shifts and try to work into it.
remember
I don't think I got too frustrated, too down. You remember yourself, what you went through.
couple feeling felt ok sudden
I don't know if I ever said that to myself. There were a couple of times that I felt OK and then all of a sudden I started feeling like (garbage).
ended knew power
We knew the power play was going to be a big factor. We had a lot of opportunities and we like the way it ended up.
game win
We've just got to win one game and we'll see. That's all.
calling emotional game penalties regular today warned
We were warned before the game that they are going to keep calling the penalties the way they did in the regular season. This was more emotional today because we know what's on the line.
bit change felt maybe needed scoring spread touch
We've got to change it up and try to get the scoring touch again. They felt they needed to spread it out a bit and maybe change things up and that's fine.