Tom Poti
Tom Poti
Thomas Emilio Potiis an American former professional ice hockey player. He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League...
banner cool everybody great happen mark night obviously respects seeing
It was awesome. It was just so cool seeing Mark out there and seeing how much everybody respects him. I even got a little teary-eyed seeing the banner go up - and that doesn't usually happen with me. It was so great obviously to be able to play with him but also to be part of his banner night as well.
banner couple great happen special
It was awesome. Everyone was getting a little tingly when the banner was going up. It was a great feeling. Great for us to be part of something like this and it was even more special for me because I got to play with him for a couple of years and it couldn't happen to a better guy.
win
It was a must win for us. We really wanted it bad. We really didn't play like it.
chance definitely forward good looking plays saying situation summer wait
It's definitely going to be a good summer, something I'm looking forward to and we'll see what happens. I'm not predicting, I'm not saying I want to go there or there. I'm just going to wait for the summer and, for once, it's my chance to let the situation play out before it plays me.
air breath compared few fresh past
It's been kind of a breath of fresh air compared to the way things went the past few years.
against couple gave good lead learned lesson pieces teams
We're in a good place. A couple of times against good teams we had a third-period lead and we gave it up. We learned the lesson and put the pieces together.
early goal jump kept knew loss night team tough
We knew they were vulnerable, they had a tough loss the other night and we knew they had a new goalie. And with a team like that, you've got to jump on them early and that's what we did. We got the first goal and we just kept going from there.
beat defensive offensive trap trouble worked
I thought we worked pretty well together. We never really got into too much trouble in the defensive zone, we were able to beat the trap pretty well and, in the offensive zone, we were able to do a lot of damage.
harder legs might parade stupid
We did some stupid things we need to fix; it was a parade to the box. Especially back-to-back nights, we had no legs at the end. Because we're young, the refs might be harder on us.
help playing waiting
When we're playing that team, we have to play a patient, waiting game. We didn't give Weekes much help at all.
fast fun game high period running tempo
I think the first period had a really high tempo and fast pace, then we started running around a little bit. It was a fun game to play in, but it just didn't go in our favor.
easier good sneak
It could be a good thing. We could sneak up on some teams. It's easier going as the underdogs.
against anybody believe chance given ourselves teams written
I think all 29 other teams have written us off and given us no chance at all. We have to believe in ourselves and not back down against anybody like we showed tonight.
against arm close imagine impossible leg played rules stick stop trying
I played against him a lot before the new NHL rules, and he was impossible to stop then. Now you can't put a stick on his arm or his leg or anything. I can't imagine trying to stop him now. He is as close to unstoppable as you can probably get.