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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
crazy game huge saved saves tonight
That was a crazy play, (Huet) was unbelievable making some huge saves at the end. He saved the game for us. He's been really good, but tonight he was unbelievable.
bad caught challenge
I think it caught the end of my stick. I wanted to challenge him, but it was just a bad break.
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.