Preseason 2025 | Wojciech Stachowiak

All right, Voytech, you were all over the score sheet tonight. What was working well for you out there? Uh, you know, I just tried to play my game, just uh keep the focus and uh yeah, do what’s best for the team. Um, yeah, it’s second guess second game for me. So, uh, just a little nervous. So, uh, I’m definitely excited and happy how the game went. Yeah, you say you’re nervous. You didn’t look nervous. How are you able to feel so comfortable with your new teammates? Uh, you know, guys are great. They help they help me with everything here. So, uh, yeah, it’s easier. It’s easier when you have uh 20 other guys kind of rooting for you. So uh yeah, that definitely helped. So difference between Monday’s game and tonight’s game for you. Uh Monday was just, you know, first game. Um definitely different. Was first first game for me on a smaller ice. Um yeah, so I definitely got used to it as the time went on a little bit. Um yeah, I felt definitely felt more comfortable today and uh feel like we we definitely played uh played played better and uh team kind of comes together. First experience playing a game here in Tampa Bay. What’ you think? Uh amazing arena. I got I got I got to say that uh fans were great. So um yeah, I’m definitely excited to uh play play a few games here hopefully and uh yeah, see see the fans chew my name again. Besides the ice surface, what’s been the biggest adjustment for you? Uh, you know, yeah, smaller ice surface. So, what comes with it? It’s the speed of the game and uh little little more a little harder I would say than Europe. Uh, yeah, you can really uh turn in a corner and uh have time. So, uh that’s definitely an adjustment and you got to make quicker decisions and yeah, that’s a adjustment that comes with time. So, uh yeah, like I said, as time goes on, I’m definitely going to get used to So, having said that, you’ve made two plays off the wall and got the puck to the middle right away. I mean, that’s pretty quick. That’s pretty quick adaptation. Yeah, I mean, I’ve I’ve been here a couple weeks already, so uh you know, I got I got to adjust at some point. What’s been your mindset since you’ve been here in terms of trying to earn a job, make an impression? I’m I’m more of a day-by-day person. Uh I don’t like to think much about future. So, it just uh just try to be the best I can uh every practice, every game, and then uh have fun with the guys. So, uh it worked as so so far. So, uh yeah, definitely going to continue to do that. Why was this the right time to come over to North America? Uh you know, I’m 26, so uh definitely not getting younger. Uh no, but um I think I developed in in the past past few years uh to the point where where I can definitely uh definitely play play in in America. So uh yeah, I feel like I felt like it was the right right time to to do it right now.

Wojciech Stachowiak speaks to the media following our 6-5 preseason win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

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2 comments

  2. Enjoyed this game. So good to see the new guys who are trying so hard to be steady players! Only thing was the play-by-play was drowned out by the audio in the background

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