Tim Thomas
Tim Thomas
Timothy Thomas, Jr.is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who mainly played in the National Hockey League, most notably with the Boston Bruins...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth15 April 1974
CityFlint, MI
beating game good hard low morale playing team
We were playing a good game and beating the team that's been charging lately, so it wasn't hard to get the morale up before the game or during. It's just low now.
chance game microcosm win
This game was a microcosm of our season. We had a chance to win every game.
again against effort except forget game garden gave good hand hockey order played scoring win
I think we gave a good effort and we did just about everything right in order to win hockey games, except for scoring goals. I have to hand Huet credit. He played a good game -- a really good game. But you forget about this one and go again (today at the Garden against Carolina). That's what you do.
face game simple
Keep it simple and try to play it not like it's any old game because let's face it, it's not any old game for me. It's more important than that.
allow game normal ourselves pride
The game is not at our normal pace. It's just one of those things we can't allow to happen. We pride ourselves on running.
flow game high knew matter previous score seen sets tape teammates
I'm just going with the flow now. I'd seen tape of the previous game and knew how high the score was. It's just a matter of me getting a better feel each and every game with my own teammates and my own sets here.
challenged continue kids last lost seniors team
We lost everything. That's a challenge. Not many of these kids have had a whole lot of varsity experience. I have a lot of seniors on this team and I've challenged them to continue what last year's team did.
bench coming matter nice ready situation
I've been in that situation before, just coming off the bench and being ready to play. There was a nice flow. A nice rhythm. It's just a matter of me getting a better feel each and every game.
effort good result won
The result wasn't what we wanted it to be, but the effort pretty much was. Obviously, we were just a little off. They're a good team, but we had the lead. We should have won the game.
blame harder needed obviously saves
I wasn't surprised, really. I obviously wasn't at my best. I don't want to make excuses. I can't say I was tired. It just wasn't there for me. I will take the blame for what happened. I didn't get the bounces and I probably made some of the saves harder than they needed to be.
build chick coach easier fortunate gave good guy head lucky north staff start total willing work
I was very fortunate to coach with Chick Campbell. He gave me a lot of responsibilities there, so now being the head guy at North is not a total shock. It made it easier on my part. I am lucky to have a good staff with me. They're willing to put a lot of work in (to start to) build this program.
focus home los trying win
You just can't go out at home like that. For us, it was a must win and we got it done. Now the focus is on just trying to win in Los Angeles.
came heart season
It is disappointing, but it's been a season of disappointments. At least we showed heart and came back in the third.
figure trying
From that point, it was like, 'Go figure. I'm still trying to figure it out.