If you want to win the hockey games you have to make sure you score on the power play and make sure they don't score on the power play. We knew special teams were gonna be huge.
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Related Most of the playoff games I've seen this year have been decided by special teams. You look at the ga... DAVE BARR They win a lot of games with their power play. They score at the right time. They have shooters on t... JACQUES LEMAIRE Our special teams, again, we didn't score on our power play, they did. We took some bad penalties. W... CHRIS CHELIOS We had a lot of power play goals. That's a positive thing for us. We need to score on the power play... HILARY WITT The new rules, they seemed to adapt well, a little bit better than we did. Power play and penalty ki... CHRIS CLARK I'm sure it was just frustration, ... They had scored and we score, and you got to make the PAT. JOSE CORTEZ We knew it'd be enough to win, but you don't want to just win, you want to make sure you can keep th... ASHLEY WOMACK It always happens sometimes during the season that the power play doesn't score goals, but we have t... ANTTI LAAKSONEN We're obviously killing at 100 per cent right now and so are they but that won't last for the whole ... BRYCE SWAN You still want to play your position. But if you see an opening, you do have the green light to jump... GUY DUPUIS We always want to score on special teams. So that was huge for us to get Brandon in the end zone. JOE STELLMACHER Everyone is doing their part this season on both ends of the court. You can play the best defense, b... DOUG MCCARTER That kid came out of no where to make that play on the passed ball. I thought Taylor could score on ... HAROLD ALBERTSON I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great ... HANK STRAM I'm sure our fans will make the roof come off again. These are the games that you want to play in. STEVEN GERRARD You just want to make sure you communicate to make sure you're on the same wavelength. JACK PHELAN I know he had 11 goals [as a freshman], but 10 of them were on the power play. For the shooters on t... TOM THOMPSON We know what can happen when you don't come ready to play these teams. We're just making sure when w... DANTON COLE Penalty kills will be really big. They have a great power play. We need to do really well on our kil... JANA HARRIGAN You always want to make sure you're mentally ahead of the other team. If you make the other team thi... CHARMAINE BELL They were ninth in scoring the last time they played two years ago, and their power-play sucked. So ... JOHN GARRETT That's why we play the game. You have to come out and play the game. Anybody can beat anybody. You h... BETH DUNKENBERGER We know they have a dangerous power play. In the 3-0 game (during the U.S. pre-Olympic tour), they s... ERIKA HOLST Finally, we get the last laugh against those guys because it's been a lot of times this year where t... MICHEL THERRIEN If you really want to fight then fight yourself and make sure you win. WOHI PURANA We have to make sure we win our last two games and hope the other games go for us on Saturday. BRYAN ROBSON If you win 50 or more games, ... you should only have to play two exhibitions. Forty to 49, you play... BRENT BARRY We always play to win games. If you play for Sweden, you want to win games. It doesn't matter what y... DANIEL SEDIN St. Norbert is a very good team. They're going to play very physical and try to get us to take penal... DAN STAUBER Our special teams have been [bad] to say the least. Our penalty kill has not been going very well [n... DAVE ANDREYCHUK We played against very good teams, playoff teams for sure, maybe candidates to win the Stanley Cup. ... JAROMIR JAGR The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it. EDWIN LAND You have to make sure you score at home because on the road you don't see many hats. That's a tradit... JAROMIR JAGR We had several opportunities to score in the game, but we couldn't make the big play on offense. CHUCK WRIGHT We know what we need to do; we have guys who can score goals. They look to us to make sure we don't ... JED ORTMEYER I'll do whatever. If they want me to play every single special team, play defense, even if they need... KIRK MORRISON We need to get it going. We need to score on it. That's your objective on the power play. Puck movem... JACKIE BARTO We knew we had to beat Central coming in but at this juncture you have to be able to score goals. Ho... AMANDA MELCHOR I'm surprised a lot of the guys didn't make it. But it's not an easy team to make and we already had... TONY GRANATO You have to be able to win games a lot of different ways. You can't just depend on your offense to s... DWIGHT FREENEY I go out there, I focus, I make sure that I know my assignments, make sure Coach Martz and the other... LARRY TURNER I think it's about experience when you go on the road. You have to make sure you play hard every min... EMILY WESTERBERG The best way when they play you dirty is make sure when you tackle them, you make it a good one, BILL WILLIS The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it. EDWIN LAND You have to score the first goal in that situation so they have to come out and play you straight up... GREG MAUCH Make sure you have a will, medical power of attorney and, possibly, a trust. BONNIE JEWELL You get on the field, you hit the sled; and sure, you're tired. Sure, you're out of breath. But ment... HASSAN BAZZI If your enemy has the power to see into the future, make sure you are the author of that future. LIONEL SUGGS It doesn't matter sometimes whether you win or lose a game. You just want to come out and make sure ... LAURIE CARTER We know how they play. They have a very closed style. It's important to score a goal, and as soon as... CARLES PUYOL The score is not easy, so I had to make sure they do it well. LEAH KIRKPATRICK When we have a 5-minute power play, we need to be smart. We weren't smart, and we just gave it away.... GABE GAUTHIER These are four important games. The teams you play one time, you don't get another chance to play th... STEVE ALFORD When you get the opportunity to play for Manchester United, you have to make sure you are ready. Tha... ALAN SMITH You have to be able to do everything as a quarterback, and that's not necessarily taking care of... COLIN KAEPERNICK The shadow of this game is the foul on Jaromir Jagr. ALOIS HADAMCZIK I don't think our thinking caps were on to start. We took a couple dumb penalties and with their pow... DANTON COLE We battled pretty hard five-on-five. We were right with them, maybe even better. We couldn't get goi... BRAD STUART That's what we want. We don't want to play any easy teams out there on the floor. We want to play an... BETHANY IRWIN Historically, the really good teams in the league have everyone on the team who contributes in one w... JASON STRUDWICK We don't give him anything just because he's Armon. We make sure he has to work hard every single da... DARREN SHEPHERD Coach said if I wanted to play college ball, you have to be able to stop everything. I just make sur... JARRED WALLACE You promise them a hard practice the next day if they let up. I want them to play hard regardless of... CHRIS WOODS Nostalgia, she knew, has the power to make you smile and also to make you cry. SWATI KUMAR Mes poumons sont remplis de l'air pur
mon esprit est ouvert et libéré, la sérénité remplit tous... JACOB MAHURIEN Whenever you play a program the quality that Belleville West is, you have to take those opportunitie... DARRELL BUTLER Last year's team, you didn't know if we were going to win or lose, but you knew we were going to fig... DAN MONSON We knew going in that they were going to play very tough and aggressive. They have some young talent... DOUG JACK ...So to be fast to don't be long and to try to be short... If you want to play the best game, creat... DEYTH BANGER We knew it wasn't going to be a 40 to 40-something score. We knew we weren't going to be in an offen... BLAKE POWERS When he stopped those shots on the breakaway, we knew he was on his game. All we had to do after tha... KYLE WELLWOOD You never expect to have a 10-run game. You play hard and hope you play well and come out on top. Ob... BILLY BRYANT The last two games we played them, they are 1-for-11 (on the power play) on us. MARK MAZZOLENI I work to score goals -- you know, I haven't scored a goal yet this season. But I want to make an ef... CARLOS RUIZ That's how we want to play. We know they can score, and we know we can score. So we just want to pla... HENRY UHEGWU Not being on the power play very often, you look at your own power play sometimes. I know how tough ... MATTIAS NORSTROM They didn't give us a lot of great opportunities. We got a lot of shots early from the perimeter. Ge... PAUL FLANAGAN We knew we should have won the first game. You want to win the conference title, but the goal for bo... LONNIE LUCAS You always want to be on top of the playbook. You always want to be refreshed with the plays, make s... ROB GRONKOWSKI We've got to be sharp on the special teams. Maine has the top penalty-killing team in the country an... PETER HAFNER You obviously want to make sure you err on the side of caution when someone gets hit in the head or ... WILLIE RANDOLPH Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score. BOBBY HULL Score, score, score. That's what we do. If it's three points or seven points, we're out to score. We... ISAAC BRUCE They want to make sure you have the experience, and this isn't your second job. DARREN TRISTANO The pressure was on. He knew if he didn't make them and they come down and score, it's over, and tha... FRANK MORETTI We can't really play at their pace. They're looking to push the ball and pressure you and make you p... DONALD COPELAND I think it's going to get better, but that's no excuse. We were fine going into the third but couldn... ERIC DESJARDINS You're filmed that one very special day of the pageant, and you want to make sure you're as ... OLIVIA CULPO We are not victims by nature...we are programmed to be victims...for good reason...if we truly embra... GAIL MARIE MACLEAN If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the... EDDIE VAN HALEN You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective... GUY LAFLEUR What you worry about is frustration. Our guys want the ball and want to score. We just tried to tell... FRED SKROCKI You could tell on the power play how much more composed they are. CLARKE MACARTHUR I think there could be more experimentation if car companies didn't have to make such huge volum... CHARLES PELLY I feel very fortunate to win. Everything we tried, nothing would go. When you can't score, you have ... BOB BARNETT The old saying in baseball is pitching and defense will win championships, but scoring runs will win... ERIC REICHENBACH I think I bring solid defensive play. I want to get on the ice, keep it simple and make sure they do... MARC STAAL You didn't have to do this, you know. I would have been fine." "No, you wouldn't have. Yo... E.J. FISCH Coach told us at the beginning of the game we were going to play (a) small lineup, so you must be re... BENO UDRIH You don’t have the power to make life “fair,” but you do have the power to make life joyful. JONATHAN LOCKWOOD HUIE
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