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Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Postgame Interview vs San Jose Sharks (1/15/2024)



Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Postgame Interview vs San Jose Sharks (1/15/2024)

Stand out your own game over the last couple weeks you these last five or six starts what’s changed what what’s been the good I guess um you know I I think I talked about how well we’ve been playing this team and that gives me confidence

Too and you know I think that’s that’s a key uh as a goalie when you have confidence and you feel good in that uh that kind of boost your own game too and uh you know just I feel like getting a couple good starts in a row helps a lot

Too and you know getting trust from the coaching stuff too you know it’s it’s all of those things you know kind of combine and you know give me confidence to play apologies if this was asked already but what did you see on the hurdle stop in front on his backand in

Second period yeah well I think like that’s that’s a good example I think uh you know I I was able to kind of Stay Stay deeper in my net because we were boxing out well in that play you know sometimes there’s a bounce here and there but it’s easier to track the puck

When they have their own guys and you know sometimes you know you got to make the save but you know there was a little breakdown there but in the end it’s I think we did a good job and you know you know I got to come up with those saves

Sometimes in in the first half of the game it seemed like both teams because neither one of you had skated in two days it seemed like both teams were kind of down in their energy is that a hard time to stay focused when really we’s

Going on yeah 100% it’s it’s uh it’s not kind of what you want as a goalie and as a goalie you kind of want Even Flow In the game and uh both them playing well but um you know it was expected that that’s going to happen and you know kind

Of Belling through that as a team was big thing for us and you know it’s there really isn’t in 82 Game season there isn’t a perfect time to play a game ever so you know you kind of have to figure out a way to you know come up on these

Games too what do you do to keep yourself sharp when you know you’re not going to be on I mean the weather’s just not going to let you get on the ice for two days so what do you do to keep I don’t know it’s not not very too

Much that’s that’s probably the thing for me I think you know kind of when you start worry about things and you start to tie your confidence about like I didn’t skate yesterday and you start to find excuses before the game even starts you’re kind of in trouble so you know

You you have to face the every game the same it doesn’t matter what you did the day before or uh even even at the morning you know it’s when you when you start to find excuses even even before the bucket Dro you’re in trouble so I

Know that’s kind of you know my side to I think why was it to you to get a couple of starts uh can you go again why was it important to you to get a couple of starts in a row you’ve mentioned it a couple of times that you would like for

That to happen now it has yeah uh I talked about confidence that’s big thing uh you know feel that getting Confidence from the coaching staff and you know they they trust me to get those starts and you know they they believe I can help the team win that that feels good

And you know it’s kind of you get a better flow to the game so you kind of know that okay I had a good game you know I don’t I don’t need to necessarily change anything you know kind of keep where I LIF off so that’s I feel like

The biggest thing how does it feel hearing those fans chearing your name at the end of the game like that no it’s it’s it’s unbelievable you know those guys travel a long way uh just just seeing those that is unbelievable they were at the practice too and you know we

We’ve seen them before and you know those those guys who travel long way and you know even everybody else who showed up today you know it’s it’s not the perfect conditions and bills are G playing tonight so you know we appreciate everybody who shows up and

You know comes to the game and feels awesome you know to see that

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Postgame Interview vs San Jose Sharks (1/15/2024)

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2 Comments

  1. I Have UPL, Levi, Hart on my fantasy team since day 1 of the season, and still they remain. Congratulations on Shutout #1, and many more to come πŸ₯…πŸ”₯🦬

  2. Super cool comment about not getting bogged down in game prep and that mentality he has. Gotta have thick skin as a sabres goalie lol, he seems to really be developing the mental part of the game

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