Paul Kariya
Paul Kariya
Paul Tetsuhiko Kariyais a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League. Known as a skilled and fast-skating offensive player, he played in the NHL for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Colorado Avalanche, Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth16 October 1974
CityVancouver, Canada
front great hockey improve moved puck traffic
I thought we moved the puck around pretty well and we got some traffic in front of their net. But this is a long series, and they've got a great hockey club. We've got to improve our effort.
great laid pass saw stayed
It was a great play by Z. He saw me curling there and he laid it right out there for me. He even put some backspin on it so it stayed there. A great pass by Z.
bounce forget game hopefully huge nice quickly ready
That's a huge game and we've got to be able to show we can bounce back. It's nice that we've got a back-to-back situation, so hopefully we'll be able to forget about this one quickly and get ready for (tonight).
expansion expect happy three
As an expansion franchise, the first two or three years, they were just happy to be in the league. But once you go through that, over time, you get better and you expect more.
home obviously score sullivan
At home we just have to score in shootouts and obviously Sullivan and I didn't do that tonight.
good lack
Defensively we didn't do a very good job. But over all it was just lack of a 60-minute effort.
canadian dark heard honest love obviously opportunity press
I've love to get the opportunity again. But to be honest on my end I haven't heard anything. Obviously I don't get too much Canadian press down here. I'm in the dark really.
league wants
This is a place where you can win, and I think it's what the league wants and that's what they got.
asked david time
David (Poile) asked me about it. But it's been a long year. It's time to take a break.
excited great looked punch role scoring work
They have great goaltending, great work ethic, and if they lacked anything, it was some scoring punch up front. I looked at that as a big role I could fill, and I was really excited to come here and do that.
game great nice pick playing
This place is great to play in. That's why home-ice is so important. It's nice to be playing this way, but we need to pick our game up a lot in the playoffs. It's a whole new season.
game grew number special spent
It's always a special game to play in the place that you grew up. I spent a number of years here and I don't know any other home.
might ready start teams
There might have been some of that at first. But when you start 8-0, teams are going to be ready to play you.
against difficult found great team
I had always found it difficult to play against them and produce, ... They've always been from Day 1 a very hard-working team but they've also always had great skaters.