Nick Vitucci
Nick Vitucci
Nick Vitucciis a former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was the head coach of the ECHL's Toledo Walleye from 2009-2014. In 2008, Vitucci was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame...
knows team
I've never been around a team that everyone knows they're going to come back every time. They have that never-say-die attitude.
effort goal handful hard instead leave mindset nice rink slide squeeze stick team victory
Sometimes when you're pressing, you squeeze the stick too hard and instead of a goal you have a handful of sawdust. A big team effort and victory erases all of that. It's nice to get off this little slide we were on. Our mindset will be so much different. They know how hard things have been and it's nice to see them leave the rink with a well-deserved smile.
cause physically pressure score
They score the old fashioned way. They pressure physically and cause turnovers.
adrenaline appreciate behind coaching fans home ice ownership staff
This is why we need home ice advantage. Our fans are so important to us. When you have 5,000 fans behind you, it's an adrenaline rush. The players, the coaching staff and the ownership all appreciate that.
dangerous hard playing playoffs teams though
They play hard even though they aren't in the playoffs because they're playing for pride. Those are dangerous teams to play.
huge rest
This is huge because it allows us to rest.
days example fighting front group guys hockey impressive later lives people perfect rough sitting tough
Some people think these guys are just hockey players, rough and tough guys. But they also have lives and aspirations away from hockey. He is a perfect example of that. One day he's sitting in front of an impressive group of people and two days later he is fighting in front of another group of people.
hockey played players second
That's hockey players - he played through it and didn't have a second thought about it.
control emotions far talk team
They need to talk about how far this team can go if we can control our emotions and talk about what is on the line.
lead rules safe season
With the new rules this season and our inconsistency, a two or three-goal lead isn't a safe lead by any means.
hopefully opportunity redeem stop
We have an opportunity to redeem ourselves. Hopefully we'll put a stop to this.
drew giving heroic hockey mediocre needed saves steal stretch team
Part of that stretch where we were a mediocre hockey team was because we were getting mediocre goaltending. They weren't getting the big saves when we needed them. Sometimes you need those heroic saves to steal a game. Bernd and Drew are now giving us that consistently.
ability says shots style
That says a lot about our style and our ability to put that many shots on goal.
five good minutes
We'd play for five minutes and be off for 15. It wasn't good for the guys.