Sami Kapanen
Sami Kapanen
Sami Hannu Antero Kapanenis a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey Leagueand the Finnish Liiga. He played 12 NHL seasons for the Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers. He is the majority owner and general manager of KalPa. Kapanen's son, Kasperi Kapanen, is a prospect for the Toronto Maple Leafs...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth14 June 1973
gets guys harder suck
We just got to suck it up. Obviously, it gets harder and harder when guys are going down. Hopefully, we'll get some of the guys back pretty soon.
win
We did a lot of things right, but not enough to get two points. We really wanted to win the game, but it wasn't enough.
body couple crave decided felt game sat starting work
My body was starting to crave more workouts. When I started working out I sat down and thought about it and I said, ?Why am I working out if I?m not going to work out to get in game shape.? That?s when I decided to play a couple more years and see how I felt after that.
aching fun good pills playing time
It hasn't been a whole lot of fun playing lately, with the aching and all the pills and needles. The time off should do some good for my body.
bit fell guess weeks
I don't even know when it happened, ... I guess about 3 or 4 weeks back, I think I kind of fell down just a little bit on my shoulder, and I think that had to be the one.
confidence games gives helps playing three tough won
Obviously, it's tough playing that many games on the road. It helps that we won the first three games. It gives us confidence for the long stretch.
No excuses. We have to find a way to get it done.
bob coaching conference finals general manager met mind staff
I had made up my mind after the conference finals that I was done. I told all the players. I told (Flyers General Manager Bob Clarke). I met (Flyers chairman) Mr. (Ed) Snider in the hallway. I called the coaching staff and I told my family.
drive easy fairly gain hooking move speed standing
(The defenseman) was kind of standing still. So I kind of made a little move to gain some speed and drive to the middle. It was fairly easy for me because there was no hooking or holding.
guys providing
That's something we've got to get better at. I think I should be one of the guys and I want to be one of those guys providing some offense.
bad couple face fix time weeks
It's better to face it now. There's a couple weeks now where we don't play any regular-season games. It kind of shortens up the time you're going to miss. It's better to fix it now than try to play with a bad shoulder.
decision either final heat matter
No matter what my final decision is, I'm going to feel the heat from either end.
bad fix fixed guess middle needs point season shoulder since sore spot time
It's been sore ever since then, ... I still have been able to do the scrimmages and all that, but I guess it's time to fix it. ... I think it's better to fix it now than to try and play with a bad shoulder and get to the point where it needs to be fixed in the middle of the season and be in a bad spot going into the playoffs.
bit effort maybe played skated
We played with a little more intensity, we skated better, we battled and maybe we were a little bit more physical. But overall, our effort was better. Everyone was in.