Gerard Gallant Quotes (78 Quotes)

It was real tough. Marc played the last three games for us and played as good as he's played in his career for us. Pascal, unfortunately, got a bad neck injury and Marc had to come in. It's tough coming in against the Red Wings on a power play.

We had a lot of good scoring chances in the first half. Then they went up 5-2 and it's pretty hard to come back against that team. I was looking for a great finish to the hockey game, but we got into trouble and they capitalized.

We played awful hockey in the second and third periods. We were fortunate it was only 3-1.

We wanted to break that streak. Hopefully, this will turn the corner for us.

I didn't think anyone was going to score. Both goaltenders were fabulous. I thought it was going to go to a shootout.

I told our guys between periods that we're playing a team that's basically in the playoffs right now, and we look like it's an exhibition game. We needed to get our feet moving.

To be honest, Chicago outplayed us in both games. They're going through a tough time, and the hockey gods have been with us.

We weren't playing great in the second period but we were playing okay. Then they come out and score three in the first five minutes of the third period. It takes a lot out of your team.

We didn't show up to play for a period and a half and it cost us the hockey game. We played a great third period, but it's just one period -- we can't do it for 60 minutes. That's been our problem all season long.

I hope tonight was an off night. We've been playing well and a win over Detroit would have been huge.

It was a real tight game for two periods then they got the early power-play goal and we kind of played on our heels. We had our chances though. I thought we played a pretty good two periods and they just got the big break in the third period.

I think they ran out of gas in the third period. They played back-to-back nights and we played really hard in the third period. We were really disappointed with our first two periods.

For two periods we were right with them. If it wasn't for the penalties I thought it was an even hockey game. Everything just went against us.

We gave one away tonight.

Colorado played pretty well, and I thought it was a pretty even game. Pascal made three or four great saves. He kept us in the game and gave us a chance to get some points but we couldn't score.

He kept us in the game. With his play and had we made plays when we had to, we win the game.

In my mind, Calgary is the most physical team in the NHL. They play a playoff game every night.

We had a lot of breakdowns and gave them a lot of scoring chances.

Luke asked to take the 'C' off. I said, 'As far as I'm concerned, you're our captain.' Luke said he'd thought about it and he believed he had good reasons for doing this. He just thought it was time.

Vancouver came in here and they haven't been playing very well. They didn't play very well tonight either, but they played better than us.

This is definitely a big step. I knew our team was going to get better this year, with or without Adam Foote. Now, with the free-agent market, we get a guy like Adam. He will push our players to be better and they're going to compete hard every night.

This one didn't have much intensity. It was two teams playing back-to-back games against each other, and nobody wanted to get hurt. It might have been exciting for the fans, but not for the coaches.

They're playing as a team, that's why they're winning, that's why they're leading their division. They deserved the win, with a good goalie and good defense.

They're the best team in the league and we played well against them this weekend.

He was worth the price of admission.

It took us a period to get our legs underneath us. I think playing back-to-back nights caught up to them (the Kings) later in the game.

Its probably a day-to-day thing, but its not good, I know that. He can put some pressure on it, but not a lot.

The goaltending was fantastic. Both goalies were fabulous. The shootout went eight deep -- that will show you how good the goaltending was.

Once we got through the first 10 minutes, I though wed be OK. But then the second and third periods were just the high-risk, cute kind of game we havent played in a while.

I dont remember. A little yelling.

It was the longest three hours of my life, there's no doubt about that.

Marc Denis was huge tonight. He played a great game and made some great saves. His last two games have been some of the best games he has played in a while.

The first period was a great period for us. We capitalized on our chances.

It's coming around. We have a pretty good team here when we're healthy.

Rupp is a good player when hes moving his feet. Lately, he has been playing very well.

He has been solid. He has a knack for scoring and has a quick shot. He is a smart player and doesn't cause any chances against.

We needed all five of them.

When you get four goals from your checking line, it's huge. They worked so hard.

It's nice breaking the record, but we're just trying to gain confidence for next year. We are a much better team than 72 points.

When somethings not working, you have to try different things. You cant just stand pat.

I think (NHL officials) are going to look at it. I think he is going to be out for a while.

I like how its gone. The two of them, Pascal and Marc, are feeding off each other, and it keeps both of them active and involved.

It took us a period to get our legs underneath us.

He's right there. He's played a long career and he's still playing well. He's had a great career. He's a great friend. It was Gretzky and Lemieux in my era and he's right there.

We can look so good on two or three power plays a night. And then on the rest of them we looked like wed never been on a power play in our lives.

To stop those three guys is a feat in itself.

He was worth the admission tonight. He was real good.

We made it 4-3 and unfortunately we got a couple of calls after that we didn't like and they scored on the power play. They got a pretty good power play.

Im sure both of those guys wish they were going to the playoffs and Im sure theyre disappointed. But I think its great for our guys to see how they have handled this. Theres no quit in them. They still are working hard and competing hard, and I think thats a big reason why we won those six in a row. It starts in practice and in the weight room, and their work habits there are obvious.

He (Malhotra) put the puck on the net and we had traffic in front of the net. It was one of the few times that we had bodies in front of the net tonight. The guys worked hard for it.