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
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.
against fun great playing struggling team
I like playing against those guys. They've got a great team and it's always fun. I think they're struggling with their goalies.
focusing time
I did it much faster. I was focusing more. The first time I didn't know what to expect.
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.
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.
helps teams win
I'll take teams like that with goalies like that any day. It helps to win a game.
front good hard lucky net open saw shoot space traffic tried
I just tried to put it on the net. I got some open space and I just tried to shoot it as hard as I could. We got good traffic in front of the net and I don't think he saw the puck. It was a lucky bounce.
brings four line waited
Our four lines, every line brings something different for this game. We just waited for the right break.
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.
mistakes
We made too many mistakes, it was everybody. We look like we are so nervous, like we don't want to play.
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.
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.