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 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.
We all know it was bad. That was not a good effort.
A win on the road like this, we know it's never easy, especially here in Carolina. Both teams were tired after traveling. But I feel very good at the end when you finally get the two points.
They are playing very well right now, and we had a couple good challenges against Detroit and Colorado and this one is just as tough. They are a surprising team this year and they are winning hockey games. We want to show them what we can do and get back to first place in the conference.
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.
That's a big number. It was good to get this one. I don't want to say I was not focusing on the game, but it will be a lot easier to focus.
I haven't thought about it really. I was looking to have a good year and that's still my goal. Right now, it's a little bit higher than I expected.
It's something you don't like to see. Hopefully the league is going to take care of it.
After they scored, we decided to play. It's playoff time. It's not acceptable for a team not to be ready to play. We need to find a way to get momentum right away.
I'm enjoying playing the game again. I'm having fun, getting chances every night and it's certainly fun playing next to a player like Peter.
I had no idea the puck was in. But when I went to talk to the referee, he said the puck was in. He said they called that one in from Toronto. I don?t know if that?s a new thing in the NHL, but it?s always fun when you?ve got those kinds of goals on your side.
I like the way the team's playing right now. It's tough, you go on the road and the games are tight, especially against New York, and we found a way to win a game on the road in overtime again. It shows the character the team has.
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.
It was a great effort by our team, ... I think we played a pretty strong game for 60 minutes. It was a huge win for us here in Ottawa.