Michael Peca
Michael Peca
Michael Anthony "Mike" Pecais a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward of the National Hockey League. He played for the Vancouver Canucks, Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Columbus Blue Jackets. Peca currently is the general manager and director of hockey operations for the Buffalo Jr. Sabres, a Junior A hockey team owned by the Sabres, one of two teams he captained...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth26 March 1974
capable defense denying dry eventually fall goals gonna help hurt knew matter mike start steve team worry
There's no denying that I'd like to have more goals than I do. But having said that, I haven't hurt the team. I haven't been a liability. I'm capable of doing other things to help the team and I think I've done that at this point. Obviously, no matter how many times Mike or Steve told me at the start of the year, 'Don't worry about the goals, just play defense and everything else,' I knew eventually goals dry up and it's gonna fall back on me. But that's the expectations I place on myself also.
atmosphere believe fall games great light rely stays team tied
For the most part, it is still a pretty light atmosphere around here. As games go on, if it stays tied or if we fall behind, we get a little tight. We have to rely on our ability, we have a great team in here, and just sometimes we don't believe it as much as we should.
controlled deserved felt game points start
I think we, ultimately, felt we deserved the two points because we controlled the play of the game pretty much from start to finish.
chance critics gave great saves silenced three
I think Dwayne silenced a lot of critics with his performance. He made three great saves and gave us a chance to win.
skating success
Our success comes with skating and being aggressive.
best captain jason league smith
I think Jason Smith is the best captain in the league by far,
among compete considered expect slow starts teams tops
We can't expect to compete with the teams that are considered among the tops in our conference, the tops in our league, if we're going to come out with slow starts like we have been.
christmas drive seem
It doesn't seem like we have the drive we had before the Christmas holiday.
needed
We needed to relax. It showed in our play.
suck thumb time
You haven't got time to suck on your thumb and think about things that didn't go your way.
neutral speed trying
We're just trying to take lanes away and take away their speed in the neutral zone.
cut humor rude says wit
He's got such a wit and sense of humor like no other. He says things that will cut you without being rude or obnoxious.
jason needs
He does what needs to be done. With Jason it's more about what needs to be done than what needs to be said.
blame happens held miss playoff responsibility somebody
I don't know where the blame or responsibility lies. Somebody should be held accountable, without question. We're in a playoff race. What happens if we miss by one point?