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
It would be an honor to be a captain in the future for this organization, but when you look around, there are different people having more experience than I do and have been there before. I had two persons in front of me. One was (Eric Desjardins) and the other was (Hatcher). Those were the two people in my mind that were the best people to have that job. That was one reason I was not comfortable with it.
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).
I've always believed that when you play here, the best thing to do is be honest and up front. You'll never see me sneaking out the back door.
You get a great feeling when you make a nice hit, or a nice play or a nice pass. But when you're the guy who puts the puck past that red line -- it's pretty much the best feeling you can have.
I think it would be surprising if my name was on it. It?s always the same guys. A guy on the third line who plays against the best lines every night. It?s tough to tell.
It was a great win for us against one of the best teams right now. We need these points. Winning at home is huge for us. We haven't really had a good stretch at home the last few games.
It was a great win for us against one of the best teams right now.
It looks like every night it is tougher and tougher to score goals, and you face the best line on the road.
A lot of players have different opinions about the way we've played, so sometimes you need to maybe bring what you think and take the best of it. That's something we had to do and I think there are a lot positives from what we talked about and we should see a difference on the ice tomorrow.
He's the best player in the world. He's amazing one-on-one. I just try to get open. I know at some point he will find me.
He's one of the best guys I knew.
We tried to start better and score a couple of quick goals, and it was a big plus when we did that. Overall, I think we played pretty well defensively.
Right now we don't have it. We need to find a way to get that back.
Sometimes you have that little hole for that little puck to go through.