Olaf Kolzig
Olaf Kolzig
Olaf Kölzig, known as Olie the Goalie or Godzilla, is a South African-born German former professional ice hockey goaltender, subsequently the goaltender coach and now player development coach for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. With the exception of 8 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning, he played his entire 14 year NHL career with the Capitals...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth6 April 1970
CityJohannesburg, South Africa
happy kid wives
I feel like a kid again. I also think our wives are happy we're out of the house.
eddie respect
I've got a lot of respect for Eddie Belfour. (But) I didn't want to see our guy, get a blocker in the face.
beat czech final forward looking maybe olympics republic saw start tough
It will be my final Olympics and I am looking forward to it. We have a tough start with the Czech Republic and Canada, but anything is possible. You saw what Belarus did in 2002 (when it beat Sweden). Maybe we can do the same thing.
bit confidence dominated gave goal penalty sails took wind
I think they took the wind out of our sails when they scored that goal after we dominated the first period. It gave them a little bit of confidence and we got into penalty trouble. There's not much more that you can say about that.
canada chance crash likes net north pass playing puck quality scoring team thomas until
I'm not playing but I know Thomas is going to see a lot more shots. The Czechs like to pass the puck until they get a quality scoring chance while Canada is a traditional North American team that likes to get the puck on net and crash the net.
bit game goal good joke power puck shooting tonight turned yesterday
I made a joke before the game that Mathieu Biron turned our power play around a little bit yesterday and he's shooting the puck hard. He got a big goal for us tonight and he's doing some really good things out there for us.
defense impressed poised puck seems toughest
I'm very impressed with the way Mo is progressing. He's been terrific. He's very poised with the puck and physical. Other than goaltender, defense is the toughest position. And it seems he's made the jump.
anybody bad beat game growing learned pains turn upset
I'm as bad as anybody for getting upset when things aren't going good. I've learned over the years that you can't beat yourself up. Or it can turn into a really long year. This season, there are going to be some growing pains with the team. You have to be patient, play your game and not try to do too much out there.
against games italy order win
The games we are going to have to win are against Italy and Switzerland in order to get to the quarterfinals.