Sheldon Souray
Sheldon Souray
Sheldon Sharik Sourayis a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars, and Anaheim Ducks. He was best known for his heavy slapshot, once setting a previous unofficial NHL record for the hardest recorded shot at the Oilers' 2009 Skills Competition...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth13 July 1976
CityElk Point, Canada
focus hockey last playing playoff three weeks
To be honest, I think we've been playing playoff hockey for the last 10 or 12 games. Our intensity, our focus has been there for the last three weeks to a month.
anybody surprised
That's what I wanted to do. But I was as surprised as anybody when it worked.
against chance huge invested regular season success teams
They had a lot of success in the regular season against us, but they had success against a lot of teams in the regular season. For us it's going to be a huge challenge. We've invested a lot and now is a chance for the payoff.
fortunate penalty taking tonight
We're just taking way too many penalties. We were fortunate tonight that our penalty killing was up to the challenge.
easy guys held lay rest teams
I don't know if we thought things were going to be easy the rest of the way, that teams were going to lay down for us. The guys that were lineup haven't held up their end of the deal. To a man, we can all play better.
coffee cups four guys pot sure taking three
I'm sure there are guys who take Sudafed, but it's probably no different than having three or four cups of coffee. If guys are on drugs because they're taking a pot of coffee a day, then there's going to be a lot of us.
meant
I can't tell you how much that meant to us.
league played playing trophy
I don't think there's another goalie in the league playing as well as him. If he had played the whole season, he'd be the Vezina Trophy winner.
blame certainly guy last
It's certainly not his fault. He's been so unbelievable for us that the last guy you'll ever blame for anything is (Huet).
blame carried certainly guy last shoulders taken
It's certainly not his fault. He's been so unbelievable for us that he's last guy you'll ever blame for anything. ... He has really taken the team, the city, the fans, everything on his shoulders and has carried us right to where we are now.
came exposed halfway totally
It was over halfway through the first period. They came out and totally exposed us and embarrassed us.
crazy game huge saved saves tonight
That was a crazy play, (Huet) was unbelievable making some huge saves at the end. He saved the game for us. He's been really good, but tonight he was unbelievable.
bit gave lead relax
It gave us a little bit more of a lead and let us kind of relax a little bit and keep pushing.
bit encouragement feeling few gives higher lift liked nice player respected room spirits upbeat words
It was just a few words of encouragement. Obviously, with a player as important as him, and as well liked and respected in this room as him, just to know that he's feeling a little bit more upbeat gives a lift to the team. It was just nice that his spirits were a little higher than they were yesterday.