Marty Turco
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Marty Turco
Marty Vincent Turcois a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League. He played nine seasons with the Dallas Stars and one season each with the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins. Due to his puckhandling prowess, Canadian hockey personality Don Cherry named Turco: "the smartest goalie in the NHL." Turco is also an in-studio analyst at NHL Network...
challenges great lost playing ready sight start teams
The teams we're scheduled to play are playing well, so they're great challenges for us, and I do like this kind of mini-series here. We haven't lost sight of what we need to do, getting ready for the playoffs. We know it's not going to start tomorrow, but we also know we can be as ready as possible. That's all you can do.
blocking hands pushing regret stroke
On my end, there was no intent, not even to stroke anyone. It was just an instinctive play after blocking the puck, just pushing my hands up and it was an unfortunate incident, something that I do regret now. I have to live with my mistake.
fortunate front great opportunity win
They're fun, a great challenge. We've been fortunate all year. That opportunity to get that win is right in front of you.
left success work year
This whole year has been set up for nothing but success and getting better every game. But there's a lot of work left for what we want.
battling pack points
Those points put us pretty much where we are, away from the pack that's battling for the playoffs.
four hang heads ourselves sorry win
We could hang our heads and feel sorry for ourselves or win four straight.
highest looking opportunity win
When it comes down to it, the opportunity to win here is at its highest level. That's what I was looking for.
effort line
We're going to put everything on the line on Friday. It's going to be an effort that's unparalleled to anything this year.
compete enjoy ready road
We're just going to enjoy (Tuesday and Wednesday) off to get ready to come back and get on the road and compete the way we can for 60 minutes. That's what it's all about now.
close concerned
We're concerned with the way we played. You want to close those out.
regret
The only regret I'll have is if we don't win. But we're not going to have that problem.
aggressive defend penalties playing second taking tough
We let them come out more aggressive in the second period. We weren't playing together. We started taking some penalties and it's tough to defend that.
division locked nod saw work
When we saw him and got the nod that he was okay, we got back to work and got the division locked up. We'll take it from there.
bar certainly level mike net point puck raised team
The expectations for Mike have always been so high, he's raised that bar to a level that only he can reach. And when the puck doesn't go in the net or the team struggles, he's certainly the one that everyone's going to point to,