Matt Cullen
Matt Cullen
Matthew David Cullenis an American professional ice hockey center. Cullen is currently an unrestricted free agent. Cullen was born in Virginia, Minnesota, but grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota. Matt attended Moorhead Senior High School, where his father Terry Cullen was the varsity hockey coach...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth2 November 1976
CityVirginia, MN
beginning conference good last people season win
If you would have told us at the beginning of the season that if we win our last two games, we'd have the conference championship, a lot of people would have laughed. We're happy, we're in a good position.
credit explosive good montreal
It wasn't what we expected. You have to give Montreal credit. They are a very good team. They're an explosive team. They made the most of just about every one of their opportunities.
games good great team
They're a great team that can play some really good hockey. These are going to be two very big games for us.
anyone capitalize good space
They capitalize on opportunities as good as anyone in the league. You can't give them any space, and if you do, you're going to pay.
best bounce experience good leadership series team win
It's a seven-game series and the best team is going to win it. They were better this time, and it was probably good for us. We have leadership and we have experience and we can, and will, bounce back.
bad good played team win work
We're going to work hard. The good part is when we do play well, we win most of the time. We're not a bad team or anything, we just played a bad game.
banks games memory playoff seven start starting store
I don't think it's anything we'll store away in our memory banks for any reason. I think that when you start a playoff series, it's like starting fresh. It's seven games for everything.
bounce played puck seemed
For us, it seemed like the puck didn't want to bounce in. You've got to give their goalie credit. He played well.
question
He was the difference, there's no question about that.
belong games nice win
We feel like we belong at this point. It's nice to here, but we have to win games to stay.
anywhere blocked certainly finish front played power seemed start
They packed it in and played well in front of Huet. But it's not how you start a series, it's how you finish it. Nothing really seemed to go well for us, certainly not on the power play, and not anywhere else. Give their goalie credit, he blocked a lot of shots, but we never were really creative.
felt prove
I had a lot to prove to myself, ... I felt like I had a lot more to give.
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I don't think there was any question that he was the difference. He was dynamite.
jobs thinking guy
I can think of so many tough guys that by definition it's their job to be tough and they're all in chapel. That's such a misconception and it's kind of gone out the window. Guys feel more comfortable going to chapel. I remember when I first started, guys were nervous about it and it was kind of a secret. There was still that stigma that came with it, but it's definitely been removed and (the faith movement) is definitely growing.