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
believe locker ourselves room start
We believe in ourselves in this locker room and once you start believing, things can happen.
capitalize opportunity
We had ample opportunity to capitalize and we never did,
definitely ice less opens
It definitely opens up the ice a bit. It's definitely less congested out there.
deep puck turned
I take the onus on that one. I didn't get the puck in deep enough, turned it over and then it was in our net.
build guys knew record
We knew these guys were experienced. And with the record they've got, it is something we want to build on.
fear
We didn't fear them. We can play with them.
easier easy hope instinct killer last nine talk
We don't make it easy on ourselves. We talk about killer instinct. Why can't we make it easier on ourselves?I don't know what it is. We have to hope we have it for these last nine games.
deeper dug dwell games hole ourselves sit
We can't sit and dwell on it. We've got two games left. We dug ourselves a deeper hole and we have to find a way out of it.
needed points
We needed this one badly. Right now two points are better than one.
high players step
We have a lot of young players that can step up. The expectations are high on them.
corner front grabbed hit midway
He grabbed it midway from the corner on out and gloved it down in front of him and hit it in. That's what I was saying.
front knocked looked strides three took
He gloved it, put it down in front of him and knocked it in. It looked like he took two or three strides with it.
worked
I got lucky, I guess. It worked out.
answer game late
I don't know why we weren't ready. Especially for that big of a game this late in the season. I have no answer for you.