Brian Gionta
Brian Gionta
Brian Joseph Giontais an American professional ice hockey player and the captain of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. He goes by the nickname "Gio" from his teammates and The Rochester Rocket, dubbed by the media. Although small in stature compared to most other players, he is known for his tenacious play...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth18 January 1979
CityRochester, NY
battle cracked hard month
They cracked down so much the first month that it was hard to know what you could get away with. Now you can battle for the puck.
early goals stuck three
Once we got up early on them with those three goals, we just stuck with what we were doing.
home
You want to take that (home ice) and use it to your advantage. You know how important it is in the playoffs.
brother buddies catch college game good nice playing watching
It's always good playing here. My brother is here watching the game and some buddies I went to college with were at the game, so it's always nice to catch up with old friends and come back to a place that was real important in my career.
definitely playoff
It's definitely going to be a playoff atmosphere.
few good job last next nine playing sit teams
In the last few games. we've done a good job of playing with intensity, and playing desperate. That's what we need to do for the next nine games. When we sit back and let other teams take it to us, that's when we get in trouble.
wins worry
I just worry about the wins right now.
extra
It's an extra little thing to come back.
certain couple night react situations time tried
You see what he does in certain situations and try to react off that. I tried a couple of things the other night and this time I tried something else.
easier frustrated main nice obviously points
It's nice obviously getting it out of the way. The main thing was getting the two points tonight. That's why I was frustrated about having all those chances. It would have made things a lot easier on us.
games key olympic points relax
With only two games before the Olympic break, we want to get all the points we can get. The key for me is to refocus every game and not relax or back off what is making me so successful.
reason
The reason you come here is for a medal.
against basically came game late played playing playoff
We've been playing well as of late but it's basically a playoff game against them and we came out and played well.
chasing gave guess needed points regardless team
We needed the two points regardless if we gave one away. I guess that is the team to do it (against), they're at the top, and not to a team that is chasing you. We got the two points that we needed tonight.