Jeff Halpern
Jeff Halpern
Jeffrey Craig Halpernis an American former professional ice hockey player...
played
When we weren't in the box, I thought we played pretty well.
cake expecting game goal period played playing power
You never go into a game expecting a cake walk. I thought we played well enough to win. But again, the power play didn't come through in the first period on the 5-on-3. Then, they get that power play goal and we're playing catch-up.
couple late penalties played team
We need to be able to put a team away. We weren't able to do that, but we were able to get a late goal. Two breakdowns and a couple of penalties in the first, other than that, we played pretty well.
admit ashamed definitely easier games guys next played playing point pride time wanting win
It's definitely easier if you're in the playoffs. From that sense, this is a completely different mind-set from where you want to be. But at the same time there are a lot of guys here playing for jobs, playing for next year. At this point you're playing for pride and wanting to win as a group. But I admit we should be ashamed about some of the games we've played lately.
deserve played sold
We probably didn't deserve to be in the game. Olie played so well. We sold him out.
against builds division played playing understand wish
I wish we played every team, but I understand that playing a lot against your division builds rivalries.
dollars estimate hundred million risk several total
We estimate Qwest's at-risk revenues from this arrangement total several hundred million dollars annually.
finding games good lost overtime quite teams ways
That's the hump, the one-goal games that we have lost all year, the overtime games that we have lost all year. I think we've done good things at times just finding ways to win. Good teams find a way to win, and we are close. It's not quite there.
goal start tried
When we've been down a goal at the start of the third, we've tried to make too much happen,
fast guys hooking wrap
You have to be fast now. You used to be able to get by with hooking and holding. Not now. You can't wrap guys up the way it was in the past.
chance game gave half
We had a chance, we were up 3-0 with half the game done. We gave them a chance to come back.
giving needed
We were giving up between 35 and 50 shots, so something needed to change.
gave respect result room time
If anything, it was more us than Thornton. We gave him too much respect and as a result he had room to operate. We can't give him that much time and space.
determined evidence paperwork smell
From the preponderance of evidence in their paperwork alone, we determined that there was too much going on that didn't smell right.