We've been in a lot of third-period games this year - either up by a goal or down by a goal - and haven't pulled many of them out. It was nice to do it on Al MacInnis Night.
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Related If you play football, then for every goal that you score, ask your self, what is the 'grudge of a li... APURVA GAGLANI Weve had some moral victories this season. Weve had one-goal losses against teams that did a number ... EVA LANG To lose a lead like that and give up a goal in the third period, it is a little disappointing. GINO GUYER We've been down by 10 points in a lot of games this year. We just had to stay focused. ALEX BAWEK Sometimes your fate in this profession is decided by a field goal. Two of our biggest games last yea... BOB SCUCCI Our goal was to be up by two going into the fourth quarter. Instead we went in down 10. I told them ... CHAD OLSON It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER It's probably more frustrating for him. He's giving us a chance to win every night. Those last two g... BRODIE DUPONT My career's been filled with ups and downs. As a freshman, I played a lot. Last year, I was out most... DESHAWN WYNN She threw it out from the corner to the high slot, and I just sort of made a little fake and went to... HAYLEY WICKENHEISER And even if you do wear a maid outfit, it doesn't change the fact that you're strong or that you're ... HIRO FUJIWARA We found our legs, we found our game, in the third period. That's what really matters. We got the ga... MARC DENIS That was a great goal by three great guys. It was a good fit for it to come down to that. They've be... DANIEL SEDIN I think a lot of it has to do with concentration. For the most part we are getting better, in the la... GREG VANNEY That's the last two games I've been pushed up front for the last 15 minutes or so. I am willing to p... JAMIE MCALLISTER Last year, it was to the point where we either had to disband or to knuckle under and just do it. So... MICHAEL MCKINNEY My goal is to tighten up the defense and make our opponents earn every run they get. We have to have... ELIZABETH CAROSCIO Knowledge causes depression and a lot of pressure. DEYTH BANGER Obviously we're disappointed with the result. Both games, we had a one-goal lead going into the thir... JAMIE RUSSELL I kept saying, if we can get one goal and win the (second) period by a goal, we'd be fine. I thought... JEFF DEHAVEN This was a team goal at the beginning of the year. This tournament is not the main focus of the seas... ANDY DAVIDSON That was huge. Being down by one goal rather than two, emotionally it's a big difference, because we... LYNDSAY WALL We've been on the losing end of a lot of close one-goal games and fortunately tonight, we did a lot ... CURTIS JOSEPH It was a great game-winning goal. Bob scored on a head ball off a corner kick by Tucci. It was a bea... DON BRADY It was nice to jump out to a lead. Everybody knows I've been in and out of the lineup a bit and I've... BOB BOUGHNER EACH soul is potentially Divine. The goal is to manifest this Divinity with in by controlling nature... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Last year, she just missed the final heat by a couple tenths of a second. This year's goal is to mak... RICK WILLIGAN That's something that hurt us in a few games late this year. It would have been nice to knock a few ... JEFF HART You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS Ignorance breeds fear and hatred. KRISTIN CAST That was a good goal by our third line. Everyone touched the puck and was in the right place. BO TIERNEY The first period I think we were lucky to get out of there with just a goal deficit. To tie it up th... PETER HAFNER I thought we played hard in the third. But we gave up a power play goal late to put them ahead and i... BOB MANCINI It was a great goal, a nice cross left and put in on the weak side. GLENN HATCH It was either in the second or third period. I don't remember. I'm still a little bit foggy on certa... GEORGE HINGSON It was kind of a nice moment. It was exciting to get the 100th goal and to do it in Finland where I ... HAYLEY WICKENHEISER Some people, in working towards a goal, find themselves seized by inertia when it comes time for act... FITZHUGH DODSON Some people, in working towards a goal, find themselves seized by inertia when it comes time for act... FITZHUGH DODSON I was just trying to put it on net and not get it blocked. The goal got me going and helped out a lo... DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN There's no quit in our team. Check our record, the number of games we've won when we've been down by... LINDY RUFF Our contributions have increased each year. Many cancer patients have been touched by the program it... DIANE VON GUNTEN It was a real nice crowd for a Wednesday night. I thought this game was a lot of fun. It was penalty... MICHAEL FRANKE It was nice to see our defense step up like this and it helped that Kevin Donovan was up to the task... GARY LINDGREN All year, the thing that has kept us in games is our defense. But on Friday night, we broke down on ... KRAIG CLIFTON How do you know about the world is real?... How?... How you don't think that you are locke... DEYTH BANGER We had a two-goal lead and they scored kind of a crappy goal. And, it gave them a lot of momentum. BOB EMERY We havent broken it down, ... When we met with (Johnson), thats not what she wanted. We opted not to... BETH PAYNE We have to get that next goal. You either have to get a stop or get the next goal. It's happened a n... ETHAN MOREAU By far this is the best team we have played. They were in the final four last year. We have to give ... BILL DUDLEY It was kind of a nice moment. It was exciting to get the 100th goal and to do it in Finland where I ... HAYLEY WICKENHEISER It was a goal of ours to win this tournament, and they focused on it and they went out after it. VIN ALTEBRANDO Our defense has been playing well and this was our 10th shutout this year. I was pretty confident on... DWAYNE LAWRENCE It was a nice preview of what we'll see if we can get to the regional this year. We were only one po... IAN BATTLES Our goal was to make the playoffs. Even though we will be going into the playoffs as fourth team in ... JAWAAN ALSTON I think that was my rookie year. We won by a field goal. Yeah, I remember that game a lot. MIKE MINTER The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS This is the third year my husband and I have come down to Florida. We were lucky enough the first ye... CAROL RYAN There are so many things we do in life that define the real meaning of our lives. There are so many ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH What bothered me was all of the time he wasted by drumming, and all the time I wasted by listening t... SARA BAUME In a world where pleasure rules, people tend to be undeveloped in every way. " A House Like a Lotus MADELEINE L’ENGLE We needed that game. That was our goal after losing last night. This was kind of the same game, but ... FRED BENCRISCUTTO That second goal was big for them because I thought we were outplaying them but they kill off the pe... GARY LINDGREN We felt pretty comfortable, especially scoring that goal to make it a one-goal game with 14 minutes ... GRIFF RICHARD Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS My goal is either make something out of them or use them as is, ... I don't believe in destroying th... JOHN GROSS A lot of guys have been playing with injuries throughout the year, and it has definitely mentally be... NIKO DIMITRAKOS you have to be the prude or the slut, and if you pick one, other people hate you for it, and you can... NED VIZZINI It was a good game. We've been in a lot of close games this year and haven't won as many as we'd lik... DEKE ROUTHEAUX To change yourself you have to move from where you are and take a step, then you have to be willing ... BRENT M. JONES We missed some opportunities in the first half, but we picked it up after the third goal. Using our ... BOB WEIR To have all three lines, and even the fourth line, producing is a big part of us winning a lot of ou... CHANTALLE RYE A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again. ROBBIE FOWLER Society sets a goal, and in moving toward that goal technology improves and you can set a better goa... GEORGE STERZINGER You don't really look at what kind of goals they scored or what the situation is. You've got to win ... GREGG NAUMENKO The last thing you ever want to do is extend the period of frailty and disability and make people un... S. JAY OLSHANSKY We wanted this. It was definitely one of our goals. We have a goal board, and this is up there on it... FRED RODGERS Like the distribution center we'll open next year in Anderson, S.C., our goal for this facility is t... RANDY LEWIS We haven't had a lot of home games and we've been traveling on the road a lot. It's was good in fron... BRAXTON ROBINS We had a good first quarter, we were up by 14 at the half, but they game out hard after halftime. We... BRUCE VIENS Your goal is to achieve the best results by following their wishes. If they want you to build a hous... RICHARD MORRIS HUNT That second goal was just a lot of grinding. Our line grinds it out game in and game out, and it was... MATT HARTMAN The last two years, all three games that we've won here have either been buzzer beaters or overtime ... CHIP TAYLOR If I start the rest of the year, I'll go out there and get six interceptions. My goal is to get 10 t... AHMAD CARROLL When we got that goal I thought we had a chance. Even with five minutes to go, I thought we were goi... DAN LABBATE Marblehead deserves a lot of credit for coming back like they did. They have a very good record, and... AL MELANSON I thought we showed a lot of tenacity coming back in the second period. Fatigue from last night may ... JACQUES MARTIN We wanted to make some changes. We're losing games. And we're losing games where we're up by three a... KRISTEN DIXON Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG A person of value have skill, a vision & a deep desire to achieve what they dream for. Happiness com... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA A man of guilt acknowledges and changes himself immediately on being hinted slightly about his fault... ANUJ SOMANY The school year progressed slowly. I felt as if I had been in the sixth grade for years, yet it was ... LUCY GREALY The value of a consultant;An outsider can see what an insider cannot see or has decided to ignore. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
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