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...
consistency good hockey minutes played problem tonight
Consistency has been a problem for us, especially on the road. But we played 50 minutes of good hockey tonight and that's not always enough, but it was tonight.
hockey played players second
That's hockey players - he played through it and didn't have a second thought about it.
both fitting great hockey nice phenomenal played playoff
That's playoff hockey on Feb. 1. It was a fitting end to a great hockey game. Both goaltenders were phenomenal and there was just really nice hockey being played out there.
gave played
They wanted it more than we did. They played well, they played smart, but we gave them a lot of opportunities.
asked needed ourselves played scared sunday
We played a little scared and I don't know why. We asked ourselves Sunday what we needed to do differently and we still don't know.
asked stood time took until
I was a goalie for a long time and I stood in there and took my lumps until I was asked to get out of the net.
emotions expect game harder hurt overcome periods reality setbacks start strong team trek upbeat win
We've made this trek a little harder on us. But you can't expect to win every game and it may not hurt to get back to reality a little bit. We've overcome setbacks before and I'm upbeat about how our team will rebound. We have to have a strong game from start to finish. We can't take periods off and we'll have to keep our emotions in check.
fate good position rests
Our fate rests in our own hands. And that's a good position to be in.
enthusiasm fans great ice man sixth
That was great. Our fans have such great enthusiasm. They're the sixth man on the ice for us. It's an intimidation factor.
frustrated players
The players were getting frustrated and I told them to try to go with the flow.
advantage certainly dictate division games hard next nice ourselves three whether win worked
We've certainly worked hard to put ourselves in that position. The next three games will dictate whether we have home-ice advantage or win a division title. It's nice to be in that position.
bring needed strength
We needed to bring in size, strength and talent.
giving team
Wheeling is an opportunistic team and we are giving them too many opportunities right now. We need to get away from some of the things that are frustrating us out there.
enjoy fans happy home nice ourselves sent smile tonight
We sent the fans home happy and ourselves as well. It's nice that everyone will be able to enjoy tonight with a smile on their face.