My Stanley Cup Playoffs: Skinner’s first postseason game

My Stanley Cup Playoffs: Skinner’s first postseason game

you definitely hear the crowd in the front part of your brain cuz 
you’re probably trying to focus on the   game and want to keep your mind clear 
for any sort of reactions you have to make Reaction and instinct You get in games 
where there’s a little more excitement the   crowd gets into it a little bit more 
starts coming down late in the game You   have to manage those emotions Hey hey you 
called it That’s a punt Was Jeff Skipper’s   first playoff game after nearly,00 games of 
regular season action without going to the   playoffs the most in NHL history 1,078 
games and now you get to play in your   first playoff game Talk about the emotions 
Yeah Uh it’s obviously been a long time coming As a kid I liked figure 
skating and I liked hockey It was   pretty competitive I was in a really 
good club I had really good coaching   I think that allowed me to improve at 
a decent rate In figure skating you get stronger Being on the ice that much helped 
me get comfortable on whatever skates I was   on As you get older and the jumps get 
harder you kind of have to commit a   little bit more time to it Eventually got 
to a point where I had to focus solely on hockey Once you make the jump and move away 
from home I realized that maybe I can make   a career out of it and you realize you’re 
playing with guys that have been drafted to   the NHL you definitely sort of notice 
the energy the volume in the rink go up switch through and take down 
Signing with Edmonton I knew I   was coming to a pretty good team Hey 
Freddy Obviously we’ve got some pretty   good uh offensive players on the 
Oilers David down the right wing Two goals within 36 seconds And this crowd is 
stunned Unbelievable Obviously there’s some   history here with with the two franchises Uh 
this is my first first taste of it but they’ve   got some familiarity with each other Racing up 
ice More for LA Hits the brakes hits the trailer now The teams answer I think they’re 
they’re they’re a really good team and   uh it’s a really good challenge for 
us after Edmonton had stormed back   from 4 nothing down Well what 
a game this turned out to be

Edmonton Oilers forward Jeff Skinner played 1,078 NHL games before he got a taste of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In this special Stanley Cup Playoff feature, Jeff discusses his hockey journey, his history as a figure skater, and the mindset heading into his first postseason game, and him mic’d up during Game 1 against the Los Angeles Kings.

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