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
business care concern games happens high left main montreal taking trying winning
Our main concern was winning games and trying to get as high as we could. Obviously, we've been taking care of our own business and we can do that again. We have one game left in Montreal and if we win that, we'll just see what happens from there.
absolutely advantage home huge
Absolutely that's a huge lift. You get that little advantage and it's like a home-ice advantage.
stuck win
You thought they were down and out, for sure. But they stuck with it and got some confidence. Once you win the first one, you never know.
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.
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.
lets move
That's his move. He doesn't move the puck. he just lets it go.
puck shortage
There's no shortage of effort. We just need to get the puck in the net.
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.
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.
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.
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.
keel staying waiting
We're staying patient. We're staying on an even keel and waiting for our chances.