Thomas Vanek
Thomas Vanek
Thomas Vanekis an Austrian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. He has played for the Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, and Minnesota Wild...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth19 January 1984
CityBaden bei Wien, Austria
four good grinding playing rolling wins
We're just rolling four lines, playing good defensively and getting good goaltending. We're just grinding out wins right now.
beat both definitely good maybe minds teams tone walk
It definitely will be a little tone setter. If you can beat them and set a good tone, maybe in the back of their minds they'll get frustrated. But if they walk in and beat us, 5-1, pretty easily, I think they'll be pretty comfortable and confident. So for both teams it's an important game.
deserves great
He's a great player. He has all the press, and he deserves it.
establish guy ice sometime team
I want to establish myself being on the ice and being a part of the team first. I'll try to establish myself as the go-to guy sometime in the future.
belong certainly help prove second team
I certainly didn't want to go down there again. I think I belong in this league, and I think I can help this team win. Hopefully, I can prove it even more in the second half.
knack quite special together
Those two have a special knack together I don't think I quite have with those two.
minnesota best-things
It was just the best thing in my life, to come to Minnesota.