“It Was Great” | Jeff Skinner On His 1,000th NHL Game, Buffalo Sabres Ceremony and Teammates

“It Was Great” | Jeff Skinner On His 1,000th NHL Game, Buffalo Sabres Ceremony and Teammates

What did tonight mean to you to have your family and everybody here for the ceremony oh it was great it was really special that they could make it and uh yeah I think obviously those people are um huge role models of mine the reason I

Am where I am so to have them here is uh share it with them is uh is really nice what was you like to see all the tributes and have them here and everything that went on I didn’t know if there was a couple a couple they left

Off there was there seemed to be a lot out there but uh I mean it was it was nice I think um again you you kind of go through it and I think leading up they tell you who who helped you out and who who

Helped get you here and I think you you start thinking of people and the list keeps growing the more you think and then you think of another year and there’s more people I think and to have them kind of um show me out or or or

Sort of recognize it I think is is is cool because those are the people it’s it’s ironic I guess cuz those are the people that I should be thanking like they’re the ones that have helped me get here so um that was probably the most complicated way you could say that so

You guys can you guys are the writers you can you can sort of make that shorter who was that you know you’ve played a thousand was that a tough game to play at the start just to get in it seemed like your game in particularly

Built as the game went on and you were you know pretty strong second third yeah tough ver I guess uh no yeah I think I mean there’s a lot of emotion obviously there’s a big there’s a little bit of a delay um um but yeah I mean I

Think the team played well as a whole it’s it’s sort of um maybe yeah once we got our legs under us we we started to roll around uh in their dzone and um yeah it’s it’s it’s it’s a fun night to be a part of I’m sure you would have

Loved to have scored in this game you hit a crossbar had a one-time uh you had some opportunities I’m sure you would have loved one gone in for you yeah I had enough friends family up there I’m sure I’ll hear about what I could have done so uh yeah there’s a couple close

Calls but uh we didn’t need it so I saved it I guess now that we’ve seen some of the content roll out around this how special is it to have tuck and Tage you know surprise you with that between two stalls Edition yeah uh yeah there

Was a little bit of content I guess um yeah I mean yeah it was cool I think those kinds of things obviously um kind of make it fun coming to the rank and and it’s kind of a I think a testament to kind of how close the guys are it’s

Kind of um guys are are looking out for each other trying to enjoy each other’s time at the ranking um and um yeah it’s it’s it’s anytime your teammates are are sort of going another way to to to make something feel special for you it’s it’s

It’s a cool feeling what does it mean the way you guys played in the third period that the game could have got away from you it was 3-2 and they had an early power play and you guys grabbed it back I mean I think it’s just we we’ve

Been playing some pretty good hockey lately I think uh UPL made some some real big saves at at at some some big times um like he has for I don’t know a long time um but yeah I mean I think everyone started to roll and I thought

All all sixd men played well they were up in the play and and making hard on them in transition and um I think that’s that’s what sort of maybe made us uh made us successful what’s it like to see the way JJ pkus taking another step this

Year yeah he’s been great as of late for sure I mean he’s he’s I don’t know what he has you guys again you guys you guys got it but uh yeah he’s he’s got he’s got tremendous amount of skill um obviously he’s a young guy he’s he’s GNA

Going to continue to grow and continue to get better so um it’s nice to see um that Line’s really really buzzing right now and um we’re all kind of feeding off it so um yeah he played another great game tonight and um yeah was a great job by him thank you Jek

Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner spoke with the media after celebrating his 1,000th NHL game on April 2, 2024. The team defeated the Washington Capitals 6-2.

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