Thomas Vanek
Thomas Vanek
Thomas Vanekis an Austrian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. He has played for the Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, and Minnesota Wild...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth19 January 1984
CityBaden bei Wien, Austria
great playing
We weren't frustrated. They were playing great but we were only down by a goal.
bad expects higher matter might sitting
Every player, no matter where he's at, he always expects to be a little higher. I do the same for myself. It's not bad where I'm sitting at right now, but I think I might be a little higher than I am.
beat both definitely good maybe minds teams tone walk
It definitely will be a little tone setter. If you can beat them and set a good tone, maybe in the back of their minds they'll get frustrated. But if they walk in and beat us, 5-1, pretty easily, I think they'll be pretty comfortable and confident. So for both teams it's an important game.
deserves great
He's a great player. He has all the press, and he deserves it.
against bit came paid panicked played
I don't think we panicked or anything, we just came out hard. It was a little bit better than we played against Montreal, for sure. And it paid off.
anybody care help team
I don't care too much if I play Crosby, or anybody else. It's just another game. I want to go out there and help my team win.
chance good hold knew onto open passed puck saw second settle split
Right away I saw Derek and I have a two-on-one, and I knew if Derek can get it over to me right away I can get it in myself. I think the puck kind of rolled on Derek, and he had to settle it down, and once he passed it to me I think the goalie kind of read it, so I knew if I hold onto it for a split second and just give it right back Derek would have a pretty good chance on an open net.
knack quite special together
Those two have a special knack together I don't think I quite have with those two.
establish guy ice sometime team
I want to establish myself being on the ice and being a part of the team first. I'll try to establish myself as the go-to guy sometime in the future.
four good grinding playing rolling wins
We're just rolling four lines, playing good defensively and getting good goaltending. We're just grinding out wins right now.
flow max playing
There were a lot of penalties, and Max and I don't kill so we were out of the flow and stuff. But that's not an excuse. I think we should have been playing better. We just didn't play as well as we can.
character good paying
I think we're good. We're a good character team, we've got good goaltending, and all of that is paying off for us right now.
fun growing idol liked shot time watch
He was my idol growing up. From the time I was 6 or 7 years old I wanted to be like him. I was a right-handed shot like him, and I liked the way he played. I wanted to be him someday. It's fun to watch him. He's so exciting.
anytime beat building champions cup exciting good road stanley win
Anytime you get a road win it's exciting ... but if you beat the Stanley Cup champions in their building it's a good boost.