Thomas Vanek
Thomas Vanek
Thomas Vanekis an Austrian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. He has played for the Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, and Minnesota Wild...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth19 January 1984
CityBaden bei Wien, Austria
four good grinding playing rolling wins
We're just rolling four lines, playing good defensively and getting good goaltending. We're just grinding out wins right now.
anytime beat building champions cup exciting good road stanley win
Anytime you get a road win it's exciting ... but if you beat the Stanley Cup champions in their building it's a good boost.
beat bit felt good
He's such a good goalie that you have to do something different to beat him. There was a little bit of luck, but it still felt good.
chance good hold knew onto open passed puck saw second settle split
Right away I saw Derek and I have a two-on-one, and I knew if Derek can get it over to me right away I can get it in myself. I think the puck kind of rolled on Derek, and he had to settle it down, and once he passed it to me I think the goalie kind of read it, so I knew if I hold onto it for a split second and just give it right back Derek would have a pretty good chance on an open net.
character good paying
I think we're good. We're a good character team, we've got good goaltending, and all of that is paying off for us right now.
beat both definitely good maybe minds teams tone walk
It definitely will be a little tone setter. If you can beat them and set a good tone, maybe in the back of their minds they'll get frustrated. But if they walk in and beat us, 5-1, pretty easily, I think they'll be pretty comfortable and confident. So for both teams it's an important game.