Teppo Numminen Quotes

We know we're not the most talented team, but we knew the way we could beat these teams was by playing great team defense.

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Teppo Numminen

Teppo Kalevi Numminen (born July 3, 1968) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for Tappara and TuTo of the SM-liiga and the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Teppo Numminen

It looks great. It's everybody's goal. That's why you're playing in the league. That's what we're working for.

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Lately we haven't been skating like we want in the first period. We weren't focused enough. We didn't make the simple plays, the simple passes. We didn't really get anything going. That cost us.

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I don't know what to say. But I guess an NHL record is an NHL record.
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You don't want to give up that shorthanded goal, but that's what happens when you try to take chances.

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You've got to keep an eye on him all the time. You can't give him any room and you've got to be in his face. You've got to know where he's at all the time.

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Teppo Numminen

We know we're not the most talented team, but we knew the way we could beat these teams was by playing great team defense.

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Teppo Numminen

When you're 37, every game is like your last game.

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We didn't skate as well as we'd like to. We had our chances, but it wasn't enough.

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It was a busy three months there at the end of the season from the Olympics. There was lots of hockey. So a little injury, it didn't really hurt me that way. It was nothing serious. So a little break, it's always good, especially when we're playing that many games in a short time span. I feel good.

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I think everybody knows what's going on and everybody knows the situation. You just have to go a game at a time, a shift at a time and just concentrate on our play.

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