Bobby Carpenter
Bobby Carpenter
Robert E. Carpenter, Jr.is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League for 18 seasons from 1981–82 until 1998–99. In his NHL career that spanned 18 years, Carpenter played 1,178 games, scoring 320 goals and 408 assists for 728 points. He has the distinction of being the first American-born hockey player to be selected in the first round of the National Hockey League Draft, and the first player to play in the NHL directly...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth13 July 1963
bring commodity good guys helps looking outside physical seeing size teams tough weight
Seeing a lot of teams go to the 3-4, I think helps me. Looking around, it's tough to find a whole lot of guys who have the size and weight to play outside linebacker in the 3-4. You have to be a bigger, physical guy with good speed. That's something that's kind of a (rare) commodity in today's game. I think that's something I can bring to the table.
advantage air breath close deserve felt fresh good lucky points three
That was like a breath of fresh air for us. We felt lucky to still be that close after how we had played. My thought was we're only three points down and we probably don't deserve it, so we better take advantage of our good fortune.
bury dog feels front shot took
It feels like someone took your dog out right in front of you and shot it. And then you've got to go and bury it.
definitely group guys helps nice talk
It definitely helps a lot. When we see each other in the halls, we're always talking. A.J. and Anthony are in my group. That makes it nice when you have guys in your group you can talk to.
finally
We've done about 30 or so of these. Now, it's finally winding down.
drawn run stage week
I'd like to be able to run well on a big stage like this. But I told myself I wasn't going to get drawn into that. I probably need another week and a half, two weeks.
came eyes guys tears training type willing
My hat's off. Ashton was hurting. When he came in he had tears in his eyes in the training room. That's the type of guys we have. You are willing to give it up for the team.
capable drafted goal super team wants win
My goal for him is to get drafted by a team that's capable and wants to win the Super Bowl.
came team
We came in after that first play and said, 'We know we're a better team than that.
ohio otherwise school winter
But otherwise I was at Ohio State. I was in school for winter quarter, for one thing, and because it?s the place where I thought I?d feel most comfortable getting ready.
good quite
It's not quite 100 percent, but it's good enough if I had to play.
hard injury push tough
It's tough with an injury like this because you don't know how hard to push it.
gotten grown national talked
That's something we all kind of talked about when we started doing this. It's something that's really grown and gotten a lot of attention, even on the national scene.
final game imagine missing
It's bittersweet, obviously. No way could I imagine missing my final game as a senior, but it wasn't in the cards...