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.
definitely easier execute game guys plan practicing purpose seems shooting systems year
This year we're definitely practicing a lot more. We see drills that we're doing for a purpose, not just shooting and passing. (In the past), the guys didn't know what the systems were or what was going on. Now it seems like we're focused. It makes it easier for us on the ice, to have a game plan and to try and go out and execute it.
buried chances hit late puck three wide
We had 15 or 20 chances. The puck bounced, went wide of the net, hit the net. They had three chances late and buried them all.
finally great half paid period periods played second work
This was huge. We didn't quit. We didn't sulk. We played great in the second half of the first period, and the second period was great. In the third, the work of the first two periods finally paid off.
good held skilled team test tonight
Tonight was a good test for us. They're a great, offensively skilled team and we held them for most of the game.
penalties took
Obviously, we took way too many penalties tonight.
surprised
I was surprised I had that much time.
good
That's unacceptable, and we have to play better if we want to do any good in the playoffs. If we play like that, we're going to get our butts kicked.
definitely easy eighth maybe seventh
Maybe if we crept in in the seventh or eighth spot, we'd be celebrating. But we know we can clinch the division. We're definitely not celebrating just getting in. That's easy right now.
easier good sneak
It could be a good thing. We could sneak up on some teams. It's easier going as the underdogs.
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.
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.
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.