Tony Amonte
Tony Amonte
Anthony Lewis Amonteis a retired American professional ice hockey player. He played right wing over 17 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers and the Calgary Flames. He is currently the head coach of Thayer Academy Varsity Hockey Team...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth2 August 1970
CityHingham, MA
knows spot
He's been in the No. 1 spot before so he knows the pressure, he knows how to play.
division emphasis forward game knew next
We knew the emphasis we had to put on this game. We slipped out of first in our division and we wanted to get back up there tonight. It was a big game for us, we put everything we had into it, and now we look forward to the next one.
found ourselves panic
Why panic now? We've been gripping it tight. We haven't found ourselves yet.
everybody gets guy help hopefully locker order ready room side stretch trying
Everybody in this locker room is on his side trying to help him out. Hopefully he gets everything in order and is ready for the stretch run, because he's the guy we need in the lineup.
coming lucky saves three
But Kipper made some big saves in the first -- we could have been down coming out of that first period. We were lucky to come out with a 1-0 lead. He made two or three big saves.
What are you going to do? I'm not one of their boys.
kinda
I think we're the only ones going to be there with kids. But we kinda have to with the baby.
pressure putting talking
Just get it out of the way. Enough talking about it, enough putting pressure on yourself to score.
buy chuckle goes good laying puck
I got a good chuckle out of it over there, laying in the corner. The teammates, they got a good chuckle out of it. When it's going your way, sometimes the puck goes in the net. Other times, you just can't buy one.
good played point
We have to look at it as a good point for us. We played much better defensively 5-on-5. We didn't give up many opportunities.
best bit definitely effort happy start tied turn turning until wait
We did turn it on at the end a little bit but you don't want to wait until the game's tied to start turning it on. It was not our best effort but we're definitely happy to get the two points.
fell funny hit
I hit him and he fell down right on my head. It was more funny than anything else.
northwest position september staying trades whether winning
But I don't think it's on anybody's mind. What is, is staying in first position (in the Northwest Division) and winning every night. Trades are a part of the game, whether it's September or whether it's March.
coming goal knew nice questions
I knew the goal was coming because the opportunities were coming. It's nice to get it over with, no more questions now.