Steve Rucchin
Steve Rucchin
Steve Andrew Rucchinis a retired ice hockey centre who played for three teams in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim...
biggest expect hard hopefully people playoffs regular season tough works
It was pretty exceptional to watch. Something like that will be tough to match, but he works hard and is pretty focused. The playoffs are different than an 82-game regular season schedule. We know he'll be there for us this year, because he's the biggest part of our team. But hopefully people don't expect the same thing, because that would be pretty unreasonable.
biggest chance giving win
The biggest thing now for us is the goaltending -- they've been giving us a chance to win every game,
again games row special teams
Once again our special teams let us down. That's two games in a row and that's two losses.
few identity team weeks
No team has an identity yet. The first few weeks will be a feeling-out period.
across bench came coming far few good high puck
It was a good bounce. I was coming off the bench high so the puck came right across to me. It was pretty fortunate, but I'll take it because bounces have been few and far between for me this year.
case definitely fact fortunate performance played team
It's definitely not a case of an over-dominating performance. We were fortunate in the fact that we played a team that was tired.
believe extremely happened hard
It's hard to believe what happened out there today. It's extremely embarrassing. We were embarrassed. And it's our fault. It's unacceptable. It's inexcusable.
adds brings determination guys heart obviously
It's huge. Obviously he brings a lot of firepower back into the lineup. More importantly, he adds some heart and determination to the lineup. You never have enough guys like that.
came definitely feeling few game good guys huge
It was a pretty lackluster start. We got a little better as the game went on, but only a few guys came to play tonight. I don't want to think we're feeling too good about ourselves, but you never know. It's definitely going to be addressed, there's no question. It's a huge letdown.
awhile build consider excited focus focused good hard heads ourselves stay straight strong sure talent team teams tons west work
We feel we have a better team. I've been here awhile and this is the most excited I've been. But we have to focus on making sure that we work hard and keep that going. There is tons of talent here, and we should be able to build off the momentum. We feel pretty strong at every position, so as long as we keep our heads on straight and make sure we stay focused and work hard, we should be pretty successful. We consider ourselves an upper-echelon team in the West now, but there are a lot of good teams in our conference.
allowed defense goals good great job puck three
We scored three power-play goals and did a good job killing penalties. Our defense did a great job. They allowed us to get the puck going the other way.
caught chance easy fast good mind power question tough
Five-on-five is just as tough - there's no question in my mind that it's all the power play. It's such a fast game, it's easy to get caught out of position. There's still a good chance you're going to have to take a lot of these penalties.
lost teams underneath
You'd see teams when they lost to us, after the game, underneath in the arena, and it would be off just like that.
happened mad question
There's no question it was an unbelievably frustrating game. We really have to be mad about what happened here today. It's not how you want to start. It's embarrassing.