Tom Poti
Tom Poti
Thomas Emilio Potiis an American former professional ice hockey player. He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League...
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.
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.
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.
cheering expect guy handling keeps loose team tough ultimate
He's the ultimate team guy. When he's not playing, he's the first guy cheering for us on the bench. What you kind of expect to do something and you don't get to do it, it's tough for you. He's been handling it great. He's a loose guy and he keeps you loose.
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.
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.
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.