Sheldon Souray
Sheldon Souray
Sheldon Sharik Sourayis a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars, and Anaheim Ducks. He was best known for his heavy slapshot, once setting a previous unofficial NHL record for the hardest recorded shot at the Oilers' 2009 Skills Competition...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth13 July 1976
CityElk Point, Canada
blame carried certainly guy last shoulders taken
It's certainly not his fault. He's been so unbelievable for us that he's last guy you'll ever blame for anything. ... He has really taken the team, the city, the fans, everything on his shoulders and has carried us right to where we are now.
advantage best huge league loss power
It's a huge advantage for us. He's one of the best power forwards in the league and that's a devastating loss for them.
fortunate penalty taking tonight
We're just taking way too many penalties. We were fortunate tonight that our penalty killing was up to the challenge.
against chance huge invested regular season success teams
They had a lot of success in the regular season against us, but they had success against a lot of teams in the regular season. For us it's going to be a huge challenge. We've invested a lot and now is a chance for the payoff.
anybody surprised
That's what I wanted to do. But I was as surprised as anybody when it worked.
believing funny happening luck momentum start
I think believing is the first thing because momentum is a funny thing some times. You get momentum and luck and things start happening and you just get that feeling.
bad caught challenge
I think it caught the end of my stick. I wanted to challenge him, but it was just a bad break.
bit gave lead relax
It gave us a little bit more of a lead and let us kind of relax a little bit and keep pushing.
couple kept key momentum saves
Huet made a couple of key saves in the first, we got the momentum and kept it.
carolina forward good looking playing
We're in the playoffs, everything's at zero. We're looking forward to going down to Carolina and playing a really good team.
bit chances fell fought hard push
Because we were down we're going to take some chances and push the play a bit. We battled back hard. We were in the game, we fought hard but fell a little bit short.
bit encouragement feeling few gives higher lift liked nice player respected room spirits upbeat words
It was just a few words of encouragement. Obviously, with a player as important as him, and as well liked and respected in this room as him, just to know that he's feeling a little bit more upbeat gives a lift to the team. It was just nice that his spirits were a little higher than they were yesterday.
easy guys held lay rest teams
I don't know if we thought things were going to be easy the rest of the way, that teams were going to lay down for us. The guys that were lineup haven't held up their end of the deal. To a man, we can all play better.
meant
I can't tell you how much that meant to us.