Olaf Kolzig
Olaf Kolzig
Olaf Kölzig, known as Olie the Goalie or Godzilla, is a South African-born German former professional ice hockey goaltender, subsequently the goaltender coach and now player development coach for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. With the exception of 8 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning, he played his entire 14 year NHL career with the Capitals...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth6 April 1970
CityJohannesburg, South Africa
net shot
Just about everything they shot at the net went into the net and that was the problem.
canada chance crash likes net north pass playing puck quality scoring team thomas until
I'm not playing but I know Thomas is going to see a lot more shots. The Czechs like to pass the puck until they get a quality scoring chance while Canada is a traditional North American team that likes to get the puck on net and crash the net.
bit confidence dominated gave goal penalty sails took wind
I think they took the wind out of our sails when they scored that goal after we dominated the first period. It gave them a little bit of confidence and we got into penalty trouble. There's not much more that you can say about that.
five head hit seconds side
Only when they (Chris Drury) banked one off my head with five seconds left. It hit my defenseman and then the side of my mask. That would have made it interesting if that went in.
body hold puck saw sudden whistle
I thought I had it jammed between my body and the glove. I didn't see it and I thought I was going to hold it long enough for the whistle and then all of a sudden I saw it trickle in. The puck didn't go my way on that play.
deadline free next process somewhere traded turn whether year
If it's a long process to turn things around here then I probably would look at going somewhere else, whether it's traded at the deadline or next year as a free agent.
bit fairly second staying sure third threw yelling
We were frustrating them and staying fairly disciplined. In the third period, they just threw everything at the net. I'm sure they got a little bit of yelling after the second period.
allowed easy eliminate few great ourselves penalties penalty seemed sooner tired trouble
We just get ourselves in penalty trouble and it's kind of a snowball effect. It seemed like the first few kills we did a great job, then I think we got too tired and we allowed them too many easy chances. We have to eliminate the penalties sooner or later, or it's going to be a long season.
dominated easy frustrated hanging night
Easy night. We frustrated them all night long. It wasn't like we were just hanging on to win. I thought we dominated all night.
buzzing came hard heck knew last period playing second sluggish survived third tied took
We knew they would come hard with a lot on the line. With us playing last night, we came out a little sluggish and took too many penalties. Obviously, they were buzzing but we survived it, and got better and better. In the third period, we had a heck of a period but I gift-wrapped their second goal, then we tied it up.
chance seeing stop
It was very disappointing. We had a chance to make it 2-0, but we couldn't capitalize. I was seeing everything great, and if you can see it, you can stop it.
everybody matter million national pride takes
Once you're at the Olympics, national pride takes over. It doesn't matter if you're making $11 million in the NHL or $30,000 in the Slovenian league. Everybody is equal; they're all representing their country.
christmas definitely glad italy mind relieved six time took trade weeks
Probably around Christmas time I had my mind made up that I definitely wanted to stay. So from there it took about six weeks to get it done. I'm glad we got it done before I went to Italy because when we get back there's only two weeks before the trade deadline. I'm relieved it's over.
built change defensive last lost time tried
This organization was built on defense. We tried to change it last year, and we lost the defensive edge. Well, it's time to rebuild.