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 nice teams time
It's been a long time coming. It's nice to know what the teams that have been beating us in the shootouts feel like.
bound great guess sooner time win
It's been a long time coming. I guess if you get in enough of them you're bound to win one sooner or later. Having said that, it was a great feeling.
chicago constantly prepared shooting situation spent time wisely work
That is what you work for. The whole Chicago situation was what it was -- pretty much nothing. I spent that time wisely working out and constantly shooting and getting prepared for this situation right here.
boston good last shot time turn
He got me last time when we were in Boston on a pretty good shot so it was my turn today.
contact knows phone respect somebody taken team time wish
That's done. I don't respect what he did still, but it's done. We've got the same agent. He knows how to get in contact with me. If I wanted something done to him, I'm from Jersey, it's nothing but a phone call. I wish I was on (a) team at the time that somebody would have taken somebody else out like that. What can I say?
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.
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.