Ian Laperriere
Ian Laperriere
Ian Laperrièreis a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League. Laperrière spent nine seasons of his NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings and also spent time with the St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers, Colorado Avalanche, and Philadelphia Flyers. He is currently an assistant coach for the Flyers...
chances couple game team win
When you keep a team like that in the game, that's what is dangerous. They just need a couple chances and they'll win the game like they did (Thursday night).
celebrate good team time
It's a good team win, but not too much time to celebrate that. We're going to Calgary and get right back at it.
anybody beat believe chance close good league market seed teams upset
You can see how close it was for all these teams to get into the playoffs. Anybody really had a chance to beat anybody. The league wanted pretty much an even league and that's what they got. I think the No. 8 seed (in the playoffs) can beat the No. 1 and the No. 7 seed can upset the No. 2 seed and you can just go down the list. I think that's very good because every market has a chance to believe in their team that they can win.
against chances game great kept patient played pressure putting saves sit team
We played a pretty patient game against a team like that, and we give them two chances and they put it in. We didn't sit back. Turco made great saves. It could have been 4-0 at one point. He made saves here and there. We kept putting pressure on them.
character guys top
Our top guys are character guys, and they never quit. It's contagious.
bottom crucial matter
It doesn't matter who we play. We need points, that's the bottom line. It's crucial right now.
drain guys momentum power rolling
When you're on the power play you get the momentum rolling for you, even when you don't score. You drain the guys who are killing penalties.
challenge game knew louis pick
We've got to pick it up in St. Louis and Chicago. We all knew it was going to be a challenge going down to the end. Everybody's got to pick their game up.
eddie great guys mature played playoff rebound shadow tough
He's always been a great goalie. It's just that he played in the shadow of Eddie Belfour when he was in Dallas. I know guys that have had tough times in the playoffs. They like to rebound and show the world they are playoff players. He is a more mature goalie now.
feeling great home montreal native playing score
We got a little turnover. Richardson is playing really well for us. It was a great feeling to score here. I'm a Montreal native and everyone at home was watching.
forward great guy guys joining opens playing tight
Especially in the playoffs, it's so tight as a forward you always have a guy on you. When you got the 'D' joining the rush, it kind of opens up things. All those guys have been playing great offensively.
came expect lead sit win
You can't just sit on a lead and expect to win those games. That's what we did, and they came at us pretty hard. We got at least one point, but that's not what we came here for.
stressful
This is what the NHL wants. It's stressful for everyone around here, but that's OK.
league pressure
They're (among the best) in the league for a reason. They just put pressure on.