Adrian Aucoin
Adrian Aucoin
Adrian Mark Aucoinis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. Aucoin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, but grew up in Gloucester, Ontario...
basically life living routine
It was really tough, not having the routine like we're so used to. Basically living a different life than we're used to.
agents available bit depends easier ended free guys handful hit lucky situation
I think there's a handful of guys that ended up being lucky in that way, ... Some guys who were free agents actually had to take a little bit of a hit but it just all depends on who's available and at what time. There was only a handful of defencemen in my situation so it made things a little easier for me, I guess.
confidence great knowing seem
Just knowing you have Khabibulan, that confidence in the great goaltending, you seem to just play better.
boat hoping sooner waiting
I was in the same boat as everyone else. Just waiting and hoping that it was going to get done sooner than later,
couple games scholars-and-scholarship
Some of our defencemen here in the first couple of games have been just outstanding,
leader marty
Marty will be great. He's been a leader the whole time. It's not that big of an issue.
aspects few game grow net puck sticking understand unless win
There are a few aspects of the game where we've really got to grow up and it showed tonight, like the sticking penalties. We have to understand we're not going to win unless we all play together, unless we all take shorter shifts, unless we put the puck on the net and unless we play as a five-man unit.
hit obviously
We obviously didn't hit it off all that well,
risky scholars-and-scholarship score seem team
We're not a risky team and we were just a little too risky tonight. They seem to just score with their chances. Defensively we weren't where we wanted to be.
changed early good hard helped intense
He helped changed my attitude. He was so intense and so hard on himself. Early on in my career, that wasn't one of my qualities. I think that's why we were such a good mix.
became began difference few games happy ice minutes peter skating sure
A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, ... Pretty soon, I was skating 25-30 minutes a night. I was more than happy to keep doing that. It sure makes a difference when you have the coach's confidence.
confidence fragile
We're real fragile now. We're working hard. We've just got to get our confidence up.
chicago favorite liked team
I liked what he had to say about where the team is going and what is going on in Chicago. And Chicago has always been one of my favorite cities.
crossed doubt everybody giving gotta man normally
If there is any doubt, normally you go upstairs. He's not giving us any leeway. That's accountability on his part. You gotta be a man about it. Clearly, everybody thought it crossed the line.