Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitrawas a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League, two in the Slovak First Ice Hockey League/Slovak Extraliga and one in the Kontinental Hockey League. Known as an offensive player, Demitra was a first- or second-line forward throughout his career...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth29 November 1974
against began bit energy extra felt game nervous played start team
You always have extra energy when you come in and play against the team you played for. I was nervous a little bit at the start of the game and especially at the start of the day, but when the game began I just felt great.
early fastest fly hours people players talk
We have some of the fastest players back in the NHL and our goalie is better than people think. It's too early to talk about gold, but we didn't fly 15 hours just to play here.
best eight great hoping hot step
We have one of the best offenses in the tournament. Everyone is just hoping our goalie is going to step up and play great for us. We need someone to play hot for eight games.
best chances dominated four fun games jump lines minutes played score thus totally
We played great, especially for the first 20 minutes. Probably one of the best 20 minutes we've played thus far. All the four lines had jump and we had a lot of chances and we totally dominated the game. It's fun to play games like this and score a lot of goals.
doctor found huge morning
I found out this morning I was going to play. I told the doctor I wanted to play. This was a huge game.
focusing time
I did it much faster. I was focusing more. The first time I didn't know what to expect.
game tomorrow
It's a game we must win, and I want to try and help. There's no tomorrow for us anymore.
good shows sudden team tied took
They tied it and all of a sudden we just took over. That shows how good this team is.
against chances create defensive game open strong
They have a hardworking team, play a strong defensive game and they're not going to open up too much at any time. So you have to make the most of the chances you create against them.
fun great
I think it was a great game. It was very exciting, tight. There was a lot of rushes, a lot of chances, just a lot of fun to play.
close four great lines played waited
I think it was a great game, a very close game. All four lines contributed and we played great defensively. We waited for the right breaks, and we got two of them.
chance single team
I think every single team has a chance to do well there.
mistakes
We made too many mistakes, it was everybody. We look like we are so nervous, like we don't want to play.
brings four line waited
Our four lines, every line brings something different for this game. We just waited for the right break.