I guess, in a way, it's good that that didn't happen this past April. I don't think any of us who played in that series have forgotten it, though. I know it's a night I'll never forget.
"Andrew Joseph Ernest Raycroft" is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Originally drafted by the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League/NHL 135th overall in 1998 NHL Entry Draft/1998, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy with the club in 2003–04 NHL season/2004 as rookie of the year. Raycroft played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks, Dallas Stars, Hockey Milano Rossoblu, and IF Björklöven.
More Andrew Raycroft on Wikipedia.I felt good on the ice, the first day is always hard. It felt better than I thought it would.
It is more important to get on the ice than to do my testing. I'm sure if I was 40 pounds overweight, then they'd want to test me and give me a hard time, but I'm in pretty good shape.
All in all, it was definitely our best effort in the last four games for sure.
The year after I got drafted, I was average, the team didn't have a very good year and we had a lot of problems. My last year of junior, that's when [Bruins scout Gerry Cheevers] started showing up more and [assistant general manager] Jeff Gorton started showing up. It seemed like someone was there almost every game and other scouts were watching in case I went back in the draft.
It seemed pretty average, I mean, 2-1. I'm sure the NHL is banging on a desk somewhere, mad that it was 2-1. It didn't work tonight. It felt like the playoffs, the same kind of playoff game that we had [two years ago].
We definitely controlled possession of the game. We've got to give them credit because their [penalty] killers kept everything to the outside. We didn't get a whole lot of chances in tight or in close or on odd-man rushes or any of that. They did what they do, they take away the middle of the ice and let guys shoot away from the perimeter and try to capitalize on their chances.
I don't think Travis [Green] ever lets anyone off. In the middle of January he's letting them rip. But no, they were pretty good.
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