Ray Emery Quotes (37 Quotes)

Ten days on the road is a long time. We wanted to bear down today. It will be nice to get back to our own beds for a few nights.

I have to make those stops.

I don't really read that stuff, but I'm sure he's probably trying to get in my head.

We came out hard. When this team does that, we make it hard on other teams. I don't think it's surprising. We know what we're capable of. It's just a matter of doing it.

I thought we were flying out there. That magic that a lot of these guys have, you could see it ... when we got chances, we buried them.

We were flying out there, it was a playoff type game and we took it to them. I've said it too often, but I've got to make some saves.

Starting out, you just want to make a good impression and play your best,

It didn't bother them -- they live way out in the country, man. My dad couldn't believe I got paid 500 to eat it. He works at the steel mill back home. He makes that in a week.

You've got to give a lot of credit to those guys. They were still playing hard, doing the little things. It had to be tough on them.

Toronto is close to my hometown of Hamilton. I grew up watching Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday night. It was one of the most exciting games of my life, that's for sure.

They got a good team. We got ahead with our special teams at the start of the game and from then on it was a battle both ways.

I just wanted to play well, I don't worry about what other people say. I didn't make any big saves. I just tried to stay in the middle of the net and let my big body stop the puck.

Sean Burke was a huge idol of mine as a kid, so I was really excited to play against him. I'm excited every time I get a chance to play right now. It's a new experience for me.

I'm not a guy that looks at the big picture that often. If I start thinking about it, this could be an awesome opportunity for me. But I think it's a lot better for me and the team if I look at it one game at a time. There are a lot of things you can't control.

I thought it was a playoff-type game, and we played pretty well. Like I've said before, I've got to come up with some more saves.

It just kind of worked out that over the course of the past three years, I played a couple of games here and there and I had a great team in front of me all the time so I reeled off nine kind of without recognizing it until the end of it,

We're in a battle with Buffalo for the top spot in the division and with Carolina for top spot in the conference. It's an exciting time of the year. With those teams not slipping up very much, we can't afford to either. We've been playing really solid since the break.

Being a young guy, I'm just going in there and want to make the simple saves and play solid in there. With the team we got here, I think we stand a good chance.

As an athlete, you have confidence in yourself all the time. I didn't really realize I was going to play this long.

I don't want to get ahead of myself. I'm excited to get a chance to play, but I'm taking it one step at a time.

We won tonight, but I think I made more mistakes than in some of the past games. I felt a bit better and felt more comfortable seeing game-type plays. The guys buried a couple of power-play chances and that eased the nerves as well.

I just want to play as well as I can each and every night and take it one step at a time. I haven't gotten ahead of myself, I just want to look forward to the next game and let Dom's situation and the rest take care of itself.

We won tonight but I made more mistakes than I did in some of the past games. When you lose as a goaltender you're definitely under a magnifying glass. Just to get a win maybe put that whole (slump) behind me.

I was really excited. This is close to my home town in Hamilton. I grew up with Hockey Night in Canada sitting at home watching it. This was one of the biggest games of my life.

By their reaction and the referee calling it right away, I thought it was in. I'll take it. It's a good bounce, for sure. Luck was on our side tonight.

I like playing here, and, yeah, I realize an organization can only hold stock in you for so long. I hope I've given myself a shot at a longer stay because of the recent span, but the year's not over yet . . . It's nice to have people say (nice things about you), but I still have to go out and play well until Dominik gets back. I don't want to get ahead of myself.

They want to see wins and it was a tough night. It's understood you don't want to get booed but they were cheering when I was winning so that's part of being a fan.

I didn't even know about it. I'm sure he didn't play as many games as we did this month (16), but Bernie Parent ... that's pretty cool.

Time goes by fast for me right now. It's fun to hang out with the guys and know that you're going to get in there.

You work for the bounces you get. Luck was on our side, definitely.

I didn't think I was going to play the whole month. The team's been playing well and I haven't looked too far ahead. We're still battling, but I'm definitely pleased with that month.

I had three weeks to prepare for one game. You'd like to think when you have the opportunity to prepare for three weeks, I could go out and make some big saves. The other guy outplayed me. I feel accountable to the other guys. We're fighting for first place. It's disappointing.

We've put ourselves in a good spot, but it's not said and done. We've still got to finish it off. We realize at home is our best opportunity to do that. We've just got to re-focus for that game.

(The shutout) is exciting too because I haven't had one in a long time. We played really well and buried some chances we had and limited their scoring chances. I just want to win games and hopefully I'll get more opportunities to do so.

It's a different game being up three goals in the first period. I thought we were flying out there.

I'll take the good bounces for sure. Luck was on our side, definitely.

Better than being complacent. It's a fresh start for us. You can see that in the boys ... it's an opportunity to put ourselves in a good position going into the playoffs.