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
best days fun game hockey intense last laughing practice relaxed relaxing tight week
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).
battle drops energy fight games period short teams tired
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.
buffalo dominated game start team type
We dominated the game in Buffalo because of the start. The start of the game is very important for us, especially with the type of team we have.
chance entire few game guys rest team
We have not had one game where the entire team has been healthy. This is a chance to get some guys rest and get a few guys back after the break.
brings confidence games help hopefully rest start success win year
When you have everybody, it brings some confidence for the other lines. We had success with that (line) at the start of the year and hopefully it can help us win games the rest of the way.
chance game great helped points season
This was the kind of game that you look back at the end of the season and the two points would have really helped in the standings. We had a great chance to get into first place. This is not acceptable.
games gets goal mind scoring
We wanted to get back on track. You go two games without scoring a goal and it gets in your mind a bit.
bit easier everybody game knows looking maybe respect supposed team toughest york
It's not supposed to be like that. But I think everybody knows that this game was maybe looking a little bit easier than Ottawa, New York and New Jersey. This may have been our toughest game this week. That's not right when you come in like that. It doesn't give respect to the other team and maybe that's what we did (Tuesday).
chance effort few game games last played points season tonight work
It's the kind of game you look at at the end of the season and that may be two points we could have had in the standings. All the work we did the last few games was great, but to play the way we played tonight and not put the effort into at least getting the chance to get those two points is not the right way to do it.
carolina couple effort found game great huge lead lose nights played situation strong tonight win
It was a great effort by our team, ... We had the lead in Carolina and we found a way to lose that game a couple of nights ago. We were in the same situation tonight and I think we played a pretty strong game for 60 minutes. It was a huge win for us here in Ottawa.
backs biggest game ready wall
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.
closer couple games lost recently stay won
We're still in first. We lost a couple games recently and they won their games so they got closer to us. It's going to be a big game. We want to stay at the top.
game played special surprised
They surprised us. It was a special game for them, and they played that way.
easier focus games good great last tonight turn
You don?t want to think about it, but it?s in the back of your mind. In the last two games I had some great chances. It was good to get this one tonight and now I can turn the page. It will be a lot easier to focus now.