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
knows
He's been around a lot longer, so he knows more than I would.
above freeze playing shot
He was playing above the crease. I faked a shot to freeze him and then made my move.
feeling good high note playing
We're playing well. We'd like to go out on high note and come back feeling good about ourselves.
carries happen obviously top
He carries the play. He makes things happen and obviously when he's at the top of his game, the whole team's going.
keeps kept lucky marty obviously
He kept us in the game. Obviously Marty is Marty, he always keeps us in the game. There's not much else you can say about him, we're just lucky to have him back there.
care finish focused happen last strong
We focused in and wanted to finish strong in the last 10, 11 games. We'll see what happens. Things still have to happen for us to get the title. We just need to take care of what we need to take care of.
care reason small taking
We just keep the same routine, the same mind-set. The reason why we were doing well is because we were doing the small things out there. That's what we need to get back to ? taking care of those details.
careful guys obviously problem situation supplement
You have to think there are guys that do it, but I don't think it's a problem with the sport by any means. I don't know the situation, but there's obviously more to the supplement than you know about. It's an unfortunate situation and that's why you have to so careful nowadays.
grew team usa watching
You grew up watching Team USA and you always wanted to be out there.
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.
Tonight, when it really mattered, we couldn't get it done.
couple good next road trip weeks
We had a good road trip there a couple weeks back. But that next trip was not what we wanted.
four second three
We really didn't play the second period. At one point, they probably had four 2-on-1s in three minutes.
reason
The reason you come here is for a medal.