Jussi Markkanenis an ice hockey goaltender for SaiPa of the SM-liiga. He has also played in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers... (wikipedia)
I have my own things on my mind and that's enough for me,
I think it's pretty easy for us. Neither of us has been in the league so many years. We haven't been that No. 1 guy.
We really played a pretty solid game overall. I definitely felt good. Of course a couple of goals you could stop, but other than that I felt good and saw the puck really well.
We definitely didn't play that great tonight, especially early on. We got away with a slow start to have it 1-1 after the first period. We came better for the second and that continued for the third. We got the important goal and got a big win.
They felt like they needed another goalie, they found it and hopefully it's going to be a good fit. I don't know how bad they needed it, but I hope it will settle things down.
I tried to stick my leg at (the puck), but it still went in.
It's not the easiest way to lose a game like that, but bad things happen when you aren't playing your best. We didn't play any good. We created a lot of chances but other than that, we were bad in the critical areas and it cost us the game.
Even when I was with Tommy here, I believed in myself. He was the go-to guy. It's a bit different now, but, at the same time, I believe all goalies want to play all the time.
Even when I was with Tommy here, I believed in myself, ... He was the go-to guy. It's a bit different now, but, at the same time, I believe all goalies want to play all the time.
The atmosphere, and the way we fought for every puck, was unbelievable, ... It was a big difference in the way we play, but we still have a lot of work to do.
It never feels good to lose. We got a point, and it might be a big point in our season, but it still doesn't feel good.
I guess I wasn't ready to play in the first period, ... I felt pretty good and normal, but I was just a bit late on the first one. The second one, I kind of had no patience and left the post early. The third one, I didn't see it. I think it went under my arm.
You can't worry about those things. You control how you play. Let the performance decide who is going to play.
The guys really made it happen and battled back after that. We came back with a lot of fight after that.