Simon Gagne
Simon Gagne
Simon Gagnéis a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. He spent the first 10 seasons of his NHL career with the Flyers, followed by a season in Tampa Bay, and two with Los Angelesbefore returning to Philadelphia via trade for the end of the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season. On June 11, 2012, he won the Stanley Cup championship as a...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth29 February 1980
CityQuebec City, Canada
Sometimes the energy drops after that. A lot of teams are tired now, a lot of games in a short period of time, and we just need to battle and fight through it.
Right now we don't have it. We need to find a way to get that back.
Practice was more relaxed. We need to be more relaxed. Last week was too intense. (Tuesday) we were relaxed and had more fun on the ice laughing and all that. Sometimes in hockey if you play too intense or too tight you don't play your best game. (Monday and Tuesday) were more relaxing days and I think that's going to show in our game (tonight).
You need to get a couple moves in your head. The move I did was the first move in my mind. I haven't had much success in shootouts this year and I was a little nervous on this one. Maybe this takes off some pressure and the next one will be sweeter.
This is a sport we love. We play this game for a reason: it's fun. We have our backs to the wall right now, but we don't want to stop here. We want to keep going. It's pressure, yes, but I like it. We'll see what kind of character we have.
I don't know what reason there is so early in the season to have that kind of break.
Peter is very helpful when he is on the ice with me. Right now, he is not here, and I need to give a little bit more if I want a chance to score. Hopefully, he will be back here soon.
Some nights it's like that. Some nights it's mental. If a couple guys aren't ready, that makes a big difference. In hockey, you need all 20 guys.
It's a tough way to lose a game. We had a lot of chances, but you're not going to score with only one shot in the third period.
It's a tough time right now we're going through. We look like a tired team, but it's not an excuse. We need to play through it.
It's going to be the biggest game of the year. The backs are to the wall right now, and if you're not ready for this one you're never going to be ready.
It?s going to be like that all season and we need to get used to it. Something that was natural to do before, I can?t do now.
It's fun what's going on right now. The puck keeps going in.
It's easy to play with him. I read him pretty good. I just need to get open and he's going to find me. That's a feeling you have to have to be successful.