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
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.
composure game lose seemed
We seemed to lose composure as the game went on.
calms confidence crowd despite game gave goal guys momentum ready start younger
The way momentum shifts in the playoffs, it's a big goal because you can take the crowd out of it. It calms everything down and allows the younger guys to play with more ease. Despite them getting that goal back, it gave us that confidence at the start of the game that we were ready to go.
break february game high means month order remember toughest
February has always been the toughest month I remember over my career. It's going to be important to go into the break on a high and that means getting our game in order at home.
evaluate few game goes played practices rink
I haven't played a game in over a month, so I'd like to get a few more practices in. I'll come to the rink (Tuesday), skate, see how it is and evaluate it as every day goes by.
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.
act cannot coming games league together win
You cannot win games in this league with spurts of effort, ... And we've got to get our act together coming out of the gate.
addressing believe bit came conference couple everybody games guy maybe opportunity thrives void wants
It's a void that everybody thought we had and if this is us addressing it, which we all believe it is, maybe it'll give us a bit of a boost. He came up big for us in a couple of games in the conference final. He's a guy who wants the opportunity and thrives on the opportunity.
came effort game great points saves team
We had a great team effort and Morrison really came up with two big saves at the end of the game to give us the two points we deserved.
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.
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.