Justin Williams’ postgame thoughts…
(on the game…)
WILLIAMS: “You take away a lot of positives from tonight. They came out they way we thought they would, as can be expected in Game 1 of the start of the playoffs. They came out rowdy. They came out with their fans behind them and got an early goal, which is exactly what we didn’t want. We stuck with it, and throughout the latter part of the game, we started to pick it up and kind of take it to them a little bit. Really, in overtime it’s anyone’s game. We had some chances, they had some chances and they ended up winning. But as I said before the game, if you win this, you can’t get too high, and we’re not going to get too low right now. We played well. we came up short, but that just makes the second game a little bit more important.”
(on his game, and his expectations for himself…)
WILLIAMS: “I wasn’t off for very long. I was only off the ice for a couple weeks, so I knew that I would have my legs. I knew that I would have some jump in my legs, which would be important for avoiding checks. I was able to do some things and feel more comfortable as the game went on.”
Atta boy, J-Dub. You are the man, and you looked great.
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DY Reply:
April 14th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
By far our best player tonight.
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jeff Reply:
April 14th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
@Scot, you looked good lets ride it to win game 2
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mash-ola Reply:
April 14th, 2011 at 11:27 pm
@Scot, He surpassed all expectations and I thought he really helped settle the Kings offense into a nice rhythm. He was one of the Kings’ stars tonite, no doubt about it. Any Patrick O’Sullivan fans/JW doubters still in the building???
Very proud of the effort tonite after starting off a little shaky. If they put in this kind of effort, they have a good chance of making this a long series.
The Kings lost game one last season to Vantown, but came back strong in game 2. Let’s hope they can repeat this weekend in SJS.
GO KINGS GO!
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Naturallawyer Reply:
April 14th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
@mash-ola, they lost game 1 to Vancouver last year by a score of 3-2 in OT, and Zeus narrowly missed scoring the game winner before they lost. They’ve been here before.
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Anjin Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 5:41 am
@Scot, he was our best player for sure and didn’t look scared to go into the corners and take a hit.
He is a leader and he showed it tonight.
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Willie was a beast tonight!
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NoDoughty Reply:
April 14th, 2011 at 11:09 pm
@Chris, So over the moon that he’s back
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GREAT GAME WILLIE!!! Thank you for working so hard & sucking it up to get back in there!
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Rest up JW. We need you on Saturday….BTW anyone else think that Niemi looked average and quite shaky tonite? Almost felt like Nabby was still in goal.
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Shakes Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 5:21 am
@SaveByCechmanek,
Yeah totally agree, especially in OT, he was a little bit awkward at times. I take a lot of positives out of the game.
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Very very proud of Williams courage to get back and for his superb game tonight.
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Dude, nothing to be ashamed about tonight. THANK YOU for working so hard to get back for the playoffs! You made a real difference and the boys are rallying around having you back. You can see it in their play. Your dangles in the o-zone give them time to set up.
Guarantee the Sharks are thinking WAY too much right now about how the Kings played them tonight. Just need one of two from the first two for a positive result.
Marathon, not a sprint.
Marathon, not a sprint.
Marathon, not a sprint.
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Love you Williams, so very good to have you back out there. GO KINGS
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KINGSURFER Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:00 am
@NoDoughty, amen!!
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You can bet your ass Clown, Murray etc are going to be lining JW up from the first face off in game 2.
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Great game Justin Williams!
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I thought the majority of the team played quite well tonight. Our PK was solid and our PP looked pretty good on the first one, but no goal. Overall this was a solid game. Really impressed with Westy and Williams.
Williams your the man, great game and glad to have you back.
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BobKnob Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 1:15 am
@Dazed N Confused,
omg westy almost got an OT winner.
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Awesome play tonight, williams! So good to have you back on the ice and watching how you’re just still on top of your game…you definitely bring a lot of fight to the team…can see the diff tonight…was a lot of confidence and attacks. Can’t wait for game 2!!
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You were great out there, keep it up! I admire your strength and courage JW! Game On!!
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dear JW, i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: YOU ARE A STUD! i will proudly be buying and wearing your jersey for the next 4 years. hopefully the rest of the kingdom will catch on. go get em in game 2!!
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I was totally taken aback by JW’s play. OUTSTANDING with the puck in all facets. I’m glad he rushed it!! I wonder how he feels today? Rest it up, there still is a tomorrow.
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Williams was the best player on the ice for the Kings. Quick was awesome. Poni and Westgarth also had very good games. The Richie-Clifford-Simmonds line was great and should have won the game in OT. Instead Simmonds and Martinez brain farted and the game was lost. Kings proved that they came to play, and theyre not going to be such an easy opponent.
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Appreciate the hard work ethic.
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