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
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.
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.
committed diego good hung knew last playing san state team
We were committed to playing today. We knew we couldn't be hung up on last week's game. We knew San Diego State was going to be a good team and they showed that on the first play.
affect difficult job playing spend thinking time
There are some things I have to get done that would affect the way I do my job. My father's got to go through some things, and I did a lot of thinking and I want to spend some time with him. I'd just like to be there for him when he has these operations, and it would be difficult with the schedule, playing every other night.
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.
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.
arizona game played remember seeing state teams watching
I remember watching all the game film of teams that have played Arizona State and seeing the big 42 right on the field.
camp focus summer texas until
Our focus all summer up until we started camp was Texas and Vince Young.
athlete athletics explosive fast field gets guy open run sure tremendous tries
He's a tremendous athlete and a very explosive runner, but he's not a guy who's going to put on a lot of moves. Once he gets in the open field he tries to run by guys. We will have to be fast and sure on our open-field tackling.
commodity definitely helps
I think it definitely helps me. We're a commodity in today's game.
good job throwing
He was doing a good job of recognizing it. He was throwing it out there and they were making plays.