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
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.
fancy passing plugging shots trying
We've just got to keep plugging away. We're trying to be too fancy at times, passing up some shots that we should be taking.
care families plans stuff taken
Yeah, we had to do it. But that stuff was all taken care of before we got over here. Our families were pretty much set, the plans were set when we got over here. So I don't know about that.
care couple knows played stuff taken
Yeah, we had to do it but that stuff was taken care of before we were over here. I've only played in a couple of world championships and world juniors. He's been around a lot longer, so he knows more than I would.
erase losses matter records three tough
Three one-goal losses are tough to swallow. We need to erase that. It's single-elimination now. It doesn't matter what our records are.
knew mistakes reason
We were shocked, obviously. But we knew what we did wrong. We made some mistakes and that was the reason why we didn't come out on top.
four second three
We really didn't play the second period. At one point, they probably had four 2-on-1s in three minutes.
chances goals number
We dominated. The number of chances we had didn't show in the goals.
grew team usa watching
You grew up watching Team USA and you always wanted to be out there.
far hard press stick
We just have to stick with it and know that we are doing the right things. We can't press too hard because you get too far away from your game.
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.
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.
board dominated drawing great learned periods smarter
We'll go to the drawing board and tighten things up. I thought we dominated two periods and everyone was great for them. We learned a lot. We got here, and we learned something - learned that we have to be smarter in how we play.
keel staying waiting
We're staying patient. We're staying on an even keel and waiting for our chances.