Darcy Tucker
Darcy Tucker
Darcy Tuckeris a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player, who played most of his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. A sixth round draft choice, Tucker began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens. Throughout his NHL career he also played for the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Colorado Avalanche. Tucker was born in Castor, Alberta, but grew up in Endiang, Alberta...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth15 March 1975
CityCastor, Canada
fragile gave lost mentally psyche seems
We gave up that first goal, and bang, it seems like we lost our confidence. Our psyche is fragile right now. We need to be mentally tougher.
continues guys hard playoff respect work
Our guys have a lot of respect for Pat. He has done a lot for our organization and he continues to work hard into getting us into a playoff position.
blame fulfill goal job lies obviously understand
Our job was to get us into the playoffs. We didn't fulfill our goal and with that obviously comes disappointment. We understand that a lot of the blame lies with us.
meetings score
We've had enough closed-door meetings this year. We don't need another one - the score said it all.
corner hit looking puck quick room tried
I was looking at the puck in the corner and I don't know what happened. It hit my eyeball, so I tried to get to the room as quick as I could.
guys laughing veteran
There are a lot of veteran guys in the NHL laughing right now,
hard hockey plays practice proper stick together trying ways win work
We're trying to stick together here and do the proper things and do the proper plays and work hard in practice and find ways to win hockey games, but it's awfully frustrating when you lose.
good matter needed point points time
We needed the point. It didn't matter who scored. One point at a time isn't good enough. We need two points every night.
conviction match passion scoring waves
We have to have some conviction in our game. They're going to come in waves and we have to match that intensity, match their passion for scoring goals.
bouncing bury hard ice indicative puck worked
We worked hard at it tonight, but couldn't bury it. The ice was horrible, the puck was bouncing and that was indicative of the score.
best fighting fights-and-fighting
We're going to keep fighting and give it our best shot.
afforded looking luxury past
We're not afforded the luxury of looking past any games.
quit
We're not going to quit and we just have to keep working.
anybody anyone hand huge lightly night points taking task understand
I don't think anybody is taking anyone lightly anymore. The task at hand is more important than anything else. We understand two points is very huge every night for us.