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 easy
It would be easy to blame the officiating, but you can't.
blame calls gray white year
There has been questionable calls all year long. It's black, white and gray this year, the officiating. You can't blame them, but is it frustrating? Yeah, it is frustrating.
blame certainly guy last
It's certainly not his fault. He's been so unbelievable for us that the last guy you'll ever blame for anything is (Huet).
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.
focus hockey last playing playoff three weeks
To be honest, I think we've been playing playoff hockey for the last 10 or 12 games. Our intensity, our focus has been there for the last three weeks to a month.
few good learn lost momentum regroup room team time worried
There's no room to get down and it's no time to be worried about this game. We're going to learn a few things from this game. We've just come off a really good streak, we lost to a good team tonight, and now we've got to regroup and get the momentum back.
best care crossed fingers loss piece puzzle sure
There's nothing we can do about it. It's a loss for sure and it's an important piece of the puzzle but it shouldn't be a distraction. He's getting the best care that he can right now and we have our fingers crossed that he's going to be all right.
happy job mean obviously ourselves rely slip teams trying win
We're still trying to win games. We're not trying to rely on other teams to get us in. I mean obviously any way we get in we're going to be happy with but we had it right there to do the job for ourselves and we let it slip away.
credit fighting goals hockey penalty played spot team three uphill
The 5-on-3 at the end of the first, they played it very well. They had the penalty killers working really hard. They didn't give us much. Credit to them, but there was a lot of hockey after that. When you spot that team three goals you're fighting an uphill battle.
control sounds worried worry
I don't think worried is the right word, we still control things. We'll worry when the buzzer sounds and we're not in the playoffs.
assuming communication freeze skating yelling
I was skating back and yelling at him to freeze the puck. I was assuming that he was going to but he had a different idea. That's why communication is important.
mountain road
Now we have a big mountain to climb, and the road is going to be tough.
given last leads minutes
We have given up some leads in the last minutes of games. You just can never quit.
deal suck
We're all going to have to suck it up here and deal with it.