David Bolland
David Bolland
David D. Bollandis a Canadian professional ice hockey player and an alternate captain for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. Bolland earned the nickname The Rat for his ability to get under the skin of opponents, similar to the play of Ken Linseman, the first player to have the nickname. Bolland was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second roundof the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to joining the Blackhawks full-time, Bolland played in the American Hockey...
game good tough
It's going to be a tough game -- Switzerland has a good team.
chance instead watched watching
It's going to be awesome. I watched for years, now they'll be watching me instead of watching someone else. It's like a dream, getting a chance to play.
game hits teams turned
It turned the game around. We know that when we make those big hits teams will get a little scared.
goes grip hurt period played third
It hurt and I couldn't grip my stick. I played the PP (power play) in the third period (Saturday) and that was it. We'll have to see how it goes here.
head kindness next stuff whine
I'm not one to whine about that kind of stuff and I don't think there was anything to it but he better keep his head up next time. Those things come around.
anybody canadian coming confident gets hit love saying walk
We are not coming in saying we are going to walk all over them. We are going to come in confident that we are going to play our Canadian game. We love to hit, and if anybody gets in our face, we are going to hit them.
against coming gold good incentive medal playing talked wanting wants
We've talked about what it is going to be like playing against each other. We're good buddies, and it is going to come down to who wants it more. Coming back and wanting to show the gold medal off is a big incentive to me.
game playoffs remember
I remember all of it clearly, right from the first game of the playoffs to the very end. All of us remember everything.