Mike Grier
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"Michael James Grier" is a retired United States/American professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey)/winger who played for four teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) - the Edmonton Oilers, Washington Capitals, San Jose Sharks, and Buffalo Sabres. Primarily a checking forward, he played 1,060 NHL games over 14 NHL seasons. He was also the first United States/U.S.-born and U.S.-trained (meaning that he played his development years in the US) African American/black player in the NHL. He currently works as the assistant coach of Saint Sebastian's School, where he played his high school hockey.

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I thought it went in. Toronto called and said, 'The whole thing didn't go over.' There's nothing I can do about it.

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He's starting to realize that's what it takes to play in this league day in and day out - you've got to be ready to play every night and work hard. I think the last month and half, two months, he's really started to turn the corner in that regard.

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I think we're still getting used to each other a little bit, trying to figure it out a little. Thomas is very creative with the puck, so we're starting to learn how to read off him.

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They've had a couple emotional games, and they're in the hunt. Sometimes you say things that aren't true. For the most part, we have a pretty honest team here, and the way the game's called now if you get tugged, guys aren't going down.

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Sometimes you get the word out there and the game's called differently. I've seen it before where coaches have been in the media and games have been called differently the next night. It's not a bad idea on his part. It's all part of the gamesmanship that goes on in the stretch drive.

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It's a little troubling. I think when you start scoring five or six goals a night, you get lulled into a false sense of belief. As a team, we let things slide. Maybe this stretch will help us get our heads screwed back on.

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It was a tough night for us, but I think it's something that we needed. We've been a little bit loose defensively the last few games, so just seeing how hard they were working made us pick our game up.

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