Scott Niedermayer Quotes (32 Quotes)

After a discussion with team doctors yesterday, it was recommended I undergo surgery on my knee. Representing Canada in international competition has always been a privilege I take very seriously, which made this decision extremely difficult.

That doesn't mean much now. We've got a tough opponent in the playoffs and we want to go out there and concentrate on beating those guys and perform as well as we can. We have to keep our focus and play our game. They're going to make it tough, so we're going to have to pay a bit of price in front of the net get into the corners and work hard.

There is a belief in each other right now, that if we go out there and work hard, we have a good opportunity every night. No matter what kind of talent you have on your team, you need that if you really want to do well and win hockey games. You need that feeling. We have to hold on to it now.

We have to keep our focus and play our game. They're going to make it tough, so we're going to have to pay a bit of a price.

The league likes to give letters out for diving. I think what they give letters out for is ugly diving. There's a lot of diving that goes on, plays like that.

If this will put a smile for a minute that will be good. That's tough work they're doing, long days. So we owe them a lot of thanks for the work that they do.

I just don't think we had it right where it needed to be, as far as our intensity and attitude out there. The playoffs are tough. Nothing's ever given to you, and maybe we thought something was going to be given to us today.

We felt good coming into the third period just down by one you're still there, you're one shot from tying the game up.

We came out, skated and did what we wanted to do. It paid off. We needed to play well here. We came up short the previous two times.

The game was just like the last time in here. Both teams played pretty hard, pretty well defensively. We played better defensively than we had in the last few games. I just hope we realize that, and get ready for them again in a couple of days.

We played well tonight, but we had to. We had no choice. Now all we've got is another chance to go back out there and play hard again.

San Jose is playing well. That line is cooking. We need to keep up the attack. If we're spectators for just a few seconds, it makes all the difference.

Those two guys know each other quite well. They've probably done that hundreds of times before.

I'm surprised. I thought it would be just us out there ... but I underestimated Canadians a bit, I guess.

We need a better penalty kill. They just put it on the net and they kind of knew where the loose puck was going to be, we didn't.

I don't know if his skill and ability were more than I expected, but the three goals were.

It was nice to finally win a game like that. It seems we've been on the short end of a lot of games like that.

We came out and skated and did what we wanted to do, and it paid off. When we had chances, we put it in the net. There's no recipe for that. It was just one of those nights. Some nights it doesn't work quite as smoothly as this and we don't score quite as many goals.

I just think he's playing well. With the puck, he's making some nice plays. Sometimes they're simple plays, but a lot of times they're the right thing to do and the best play.

Great or brutal. If we want to get back to winning games, the PK has to do a better job.

I don't have that good a memory of it, but if he said it, it must be true. Just going the full season of competing together for the same team will be special for us.

When the game's going to be a lot of special teams, you have to be strong on both of them. Tonight, we scored on our player play, but we allowed them (to score). It's a balance. You have to be good on both of them.

We had our fair share of things go against us. We would like to always understand that if you continually work hard, you will have some form of reward. This was one of those things.

We need to do a better job of killing penalties and when we get on the power play, we need to score some goals.

Taking part in that gold-medal game, it's pretty intense. Coming back, there is a lot at stake for this team right now. It will be an adjustment. That doesn't take too long to figure out, though. Within a game, or two or three games, they'll have that taken care of.

He was a huge reason we were able to win three championships. I don't think I could have asked for anything better for me, to learn from a guy and play with a guy like that.

It feels fine. I'm just happy to get back on the ice. We were off in the first period. To give up a two-goal lead like that, it's hard to come back.

It'll be interesting to see how it is (today). It's tight already.

Since I was 16 and he was 15, we've been apart, but now we can be together again. The family can all come down. I've been in New Jersey for a long time, a lot of memories, and to make a decision like this is difficult to do.

It really is going to come down to preparation and being ready to go. It's probably easier when you're doing things the right way, but we don't have that choice right now. We have to get focused, get back to playing our game.

I knew their goalie was caught way out of the net, and I knew we'd have guys there. I was just trying to get it out front and I got a little bit of luck there.

We fell on the wrong end of the stick on a lot of the calls.