Patrik Elias
Patrik Elias
Patrik Eliáš; born April 13, 1976) is a Czech professional hockey winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. A career-long Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leader in points, goals, and assists, and he holds the franchise record for the most points in a seasonand the most career game-winning goals. Elias has won two Stanley Cups with the Devils, one in 2000, and another in 2003...
against happened knocked rivalry
We know what happened ... when they knocked us out. There is always a rivalry against these guys. It's going to be special.
fourth situation win
We've been in this situation how many times and we know that the fourth win is the toughest.
half month people slide wrote
A lot of people just wrote us off before the New Year. Even after the slide we had. You look a month, month and a half back, you won't see too many people who said that we had a chance.
awhile best couple difficult found games last played takes turn year
They're in a difficult situation; it takes awhile to turn it around. After the new year we're 7-0. And the last couple of games, we haven't played our best games but we've found a way to win.
encourage knew line percent score tried
He didn't have to say that. We all knew what the score was. We all knew what was still on the line and every one of us tried to encourage each other here. Let's give 100 percent and we'll see where we end up.
adjust badly chances takes time
It always takes a little time to adjust and get something going. We didn't play badly and give up chances and that's fine, but offensively we didn't have anything going.
plans talk
When they call, I have to talk to them about what their plans are -- if they call.
believing game
We've got to keep believing in us. We know that if we play our game we can be successful.
rather team
Would we rather play a team with Jagr or without Jagr? Yeah. We'd rather play without Jagr.