Pavel Kubina
Pavel Kubina
Pavel Kubinais a Czech former ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlanta Thrashers and Philadelphia Flyers...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth15 April 1977
hockey played seen
I've played a lot of hockey games, and I've never seen anything like that. It was amazing.
grew grow stanley team worst
It was very interesting to grow up with this team. It (was interesting) to see how we grew up as a team and as individuals and go from the worst team to a Stanley Cup.
exactly four games knew win
There's no excuses. We knew exactly what they were going to do, and still they scored four (power-play) goals. You can't win games like that.
healthy stay
That would be nice. That's a big milestone. You never know. You have to stay healthy and play well enough.
calling careful games next seems stupid tie
You just have to be careful. It seems like some games they are calling everything and the next game they are not. We just have to be more careful about it, especially in a tie game, you can't take any stupid penalties.
chance drafted gave jacques phil
Phil drafted me and he and Jacques me gave the chance to play for this team.
corner feeling
I was going to the corner between two guys, that's all I remember. Right now I am just feeling really tired.
change far felt last olympics time travel
This time could be more difficult. Last time, the travel was not that bad. The time change was not an issue. It felt like just a continuation for the NHL season. This time will be different because the Olympics are so far away.
chance dream gave
It was always my dream to play in the NHL. And this organization gave me a chance to play.
chasing extra huge point teams
It's a huge extra point for us because there's a lot of teams chasing us from behind.
allow lightning lose ourselves
Hey, the Lightning is our bread. This is our family. Yes, it will be real unbelievable to play in the Olympics, but when we get back, I don't think we will allow ourselves to lose focus. The Lightning is the most important thing to all of us.
good hopefully sleep tired
Hopefully I'll be OK. I'm going to get some good sleep - I just feel tired now. We'll see.