Steve Rucchin
Steve Rucchin
Steve Andrew Rucchinis a retired ice hockey centre who played for three teams in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim...
behind
We're behind the 8-ball a little bit, but there's still a long way to go.
biggest expect hard hopefully people playoffs regular season tough works
It was pretty exceptional to watch. Something like that will be tough to match, but he works hard and is pretty focused. The playoffs are different than an 82-game regular season schedule. We know he'll be there for us this year, because he's the biggest part of our team. But hopefully people don't expect the same thing, because that would be pretty unreasonable.
score since
They are frustrating and demoralizing to give up, especially since we didn't score any 5-on-5 goals.
brink fans front great guy motivation playing win year
I don't know what more motivation there is than to be on the brink of elimination and playing before fans that have been great for you all year. Ultimately, we're playing for each other in this room. But without a doubt, there isn't a guy in here that doesn't want to go out and play well and win in front of our fans. I mean, they've been unbelievable for us all year long.
crucial good granted means ourselves playing point sail taking teams time
It's that time of year. Every point is just so crucial for a lot of teams we're playing right now. We've set ourselves in a good position, but by no means are we taking it for granted or feel that we're going to sail into the playoffs.
inches
It was the right call. Just inches away; what can you do?
foolish guys mirror problem quit season stop taking
It's embarrassing. A lot of guys need to take a look in the mirror and quit taking those foolish penalties, which has been a problem all season long. It's going to have to stop in a hurry.
period question third
No question the third period could've been a lot better.
beginning easy game gets good guy guys scores seen sign traded
It's unbelievable how many times you've seen that. A guy gets traded and he scores in his first game. It's a new beginning for Pete now and it's just a sign of good things to come. He just makes the game really easy for the guys on the ice.
box course fire game penalty
Of course it's not the way you want to start. It was embarrassing. If this game doesn't fire us up, I don't know what will. Obviously, we know what went wrong. We went to the penalty box too much.
awhile build consider excited focus focused good hard heads ourselves stay straight strong sure talent team teams tons west work
We feel we have a better team. I've been here awhile and this is the most excited I've been. But we have to focus on making sure that we work hard and keep that going. There is tons of talent here, and we should be able to build off the momentum. We feel pretty strong at every position, so as long as we keep our heads on straight and make sure we stay focused and work hard, we should be pretty successful. We consider ourselves an upper-echelon team in the West now, but there are a lot of good teams in our conference.
advantage credit giving managing poised puck reason taking
We're just not poised enough with the puck. We're not managing the puck well and we're not taking advantage of what they've giving us. Give credit to Carolina. There's a reason they're in first place.
came definitely game good job managing power quality running sloppy
We did not do a good job in managing their pressure. There was a lot of running around and too many quality chances. Definitely the most sloppy game in this stretch, but fortunately, the power play came up big for us.
considered full good guys last moving poised seem seen sitting teams throats
There are a lot of good teams out there, and if we want to be considered one of them, we have to show up to play for a full 60 minutes. From what I've seen the last two games, teams are sitting back, but our team is not poised enough with the puck. We seem to be ramming it down our own throats and moving it where they have their guys positioned.