Ryan Smyth
Ryan Smyth
Ryan Alexander Gordon Smythis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger who played most of his career for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. He was especially known for playing in the style of a power forward. Smyth announced his retirement on April 11, 2014, after 19 seasons in the NHL...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth21 February 1976
CityBanff, Canada
everybody head looked next second shaking taken
One second it looked like he was going to get his head taken off, the next everybody is shaking their head.
hockey huge kept settling tonight win
He's settling in great. Tonight was a huge win for him. He kept us in the hockey game.
energy felt flying playoff towels
The towels were flying around and it felt like a playoff game. There really was new energy and new excitement.
confidence fighting night
Confidence is a big part of the game. He had it tonight. The other night I thought he was fighting it.
break game lucky
In a game like this, it comes down to a lucky break here or there. And that's what happened.
changes decide fans
I don't know how you should decide a game, but it is for the fans and I know we had to make some adjustments and changes to the game. We got the better end of this one.
guy move seen twice
That move is unbelievable. I've never seen a guy do it twice in one game.
blame ended game late lead smart turned
Once you got a lead that late in the game you've got to do the smart things. I'll take the blame on that one. I turned it over and it ended up in our net.
gains joe since stop
That's what we wanted to do. Come in and get the win. We know they're on our tail. Ever since they got Joe Thornton they've made gains on us. We wanted to put a stop to it.
crop easily pick picking teams three time tough
I'd have a tough time picking this one. There are two, three teams easily you could pick from this crop of players.
goal great
It was great to see Ales get that goal when he did. And, wow, what a goal. I don't know how he does it.
ashamed
It was an embarrassment and we should be ashamed of ourselves,
playing tail
That's what we wanted to do is come in here and get the win. We know they're right on our tail and they're playing good.
bad break decent double game lost move played playoff
It was one bad break. We played a decent game and lost on a bad break in double overtime. That's playoff hockey. Move on.