David Oliver Quotes (14 Quotes)

It's why we all play the game. When you play street hockey as a kid and are playing out games in your head, you are not scoring to make it 7-1. You want to score to make it 4-3 or score the game-winner.

You know what this week means, but you can't get wrapped up in it. You have to play your role and play as hard as you can and trust that that will be enough.

It's nice because we've been dealing with this adversity the last couple of months. It's fun to play this way.

The sister city mission is about working to build cooperation at the municipal level, promote cultural understanding and stimulate economic development with each other. To this last point, we want to help both Irish and U.S. companies grow and sustain positions in the global marketplace by strengthening relationships and continually building our business networks that will benefit companies on both continents.

They have a good power play, they are a physical team that finishes checks and they have the talent to score goals. They are one of the top teams in contention to win the Calder Cup and we're in the game with them. We're close.

We're a young team, so it helps the learning curve. The majority of our games have been tight in the last 2 or 3 minutes of games. Coach does not have a lot of vets to throw out there, so guys are able to play. That's really helped our rookies excel.

Their fan mail used to come in on an open-back truck. Mine came in on a tea tray

We need all that mixture of paper (junk mail, catalogs and newspapers) to recycle quality newsprint.

They bring us speed and skill. They're late acquisitions, but anyone who has watched this team knows they've been key acquisitions.

Our power play was clicking a little bit better. This time of year, that's what's going to win hockey games.

We were a long shot a month ago and now I don't think anybody can look at us and say we don't deserve to be here. The team we have in there is incredible. It's probably the best group of guys I've ever played with as far as personality-wise, the way everyone gets along, the goals we all have. Everyone bought into what we want to do and there are no egos and that's really odd in pro sports.

He's one of our best players every night, if not the best player. We need him to keep doing what he's doing for hopefully the next couple of months. No pressure for a young kid, not at all . . . He's a heck of a player and he's going to be fun to watch for a lot of years when I'm sitting in my rocking chair.

All he's lacking is game experience, but I think you see the maturity of him stepping forward as a leader. He's ready to take the reins.

We are getting quite a bit out of the public schools. And a number of municipalities dedicate the money (they earn) to their volunteer fire departments.