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
Without saying what adjustments that we made, we played a lot harder than we did in the second game. I don't want to say we're back in the series, but we're close.
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.
In the second and third periods, we didn't compete. It was pretty much one of the worst games we played this year.
That's what we said after the game. It was important to get that win. It doesn't matter how we did it. We could have played better than we did, but you know what. We'll take it and we'll build on it.
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.
They surprised us. It was a special game for them, and they played that way.
He played very well. He made some big saves, especially in the second period. I don't want to say we took the game over, but we played better in the second. We had a couple of great chances and he made big saves.
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.
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.
The rebound came right onto my stick. All I had to do was put it over Marty.
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.
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.
We need to get back to what we were doing good. We need to figure out what we're doing wrong.