Scott Gomez
Scott Gomez
Scott Carlos Gomezis an American professional ice hockey player. He is currently an unrestricted free agent. Gomez has previously played in the National Hockey Leaguewith the New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, San Jose Sharks, Florida Panthers, St.Louis Blues and Ottawa Senators...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth23 December 1979
CityAnchorage, AK
capitalize league
The way the league is now, you've got to capitalize on that.
couple game guys playing weeks
A couple of weeks ago, nothing was set in stone. Then guys kind of got that Game 7 mentality, and we started playing smarter.
best mean playing
Once you're in the playoffs, it doesn't mean much. But, at the same time, you want to be playing your best hockey. I think right now we are.
counting giving hopefully shock
I think everyone is kind of counting us out right off the bat. They're not giving us much of a chance. Hopefully we'll go over there and shock a lot of people.
doubt front guy loves olympic plus respect team
I was just kind of like, 'Oh man, in front of the U.S. Olympic coach. Plus the team lost. Every guy here still has respect and loves Larry. There's no doubt about it.
simple starts tournament
Our tournament starts now. If you lose, you go home. It's as simple as that. This is what you play for.
games liked olympic playing
Playing in the Olympic Games was awesome. Obviously, we would have liked to have done better, but we were in every game. We just didn't get the breaks.
chances patty recent tons took
Patty took over right from the get-go. We need that. That's his job. He's a goal-scorer. He's had tons of chances in recent games. When he got that first one, you could tell he was on a roll.
blame fact line
Our line has to score. We'll take some of the blame, in fact most of it. As a line, we're getting opportunities. We need to score.
blame line score
Our line has got to score and we're not doing it right now. We'll take some of the blame or most of it.
found hole took
I got a little lucky. I just found a hole and took it.
capital devils good hockey might people
That's anything in New York. It's the capital of the world. That's the way it is. It will always be that way. But, at the same time, as much as people might not want to say it, the Devils have been good for hockey too.
club complete gone helping honor numbers season time
Every year, I just want to keep improving. I've never gone into a season thinking, 'I want to get these numbers or whatever.' Every year, I want to be a better player, a more complete player. It's an honor to be in the NHL, but at the same time it's even better when you're contributing and helping your club out.
confidence games kept last needed points rolling win
In these last 10 games we've done what we've had to do. We needed to win those points and we just kept rolling and when you've got confidence on your side, it's really important.