Chris Drury
Chris Drury
Christopher Ellis Druryis a retired American professional ice hockey player who most recently played with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Drury is a Hobey Baker Award-winner with Boston University, a Calder Trophy winner with the Colorado Avalanche, a Stanley Cup champion with the Avalanche, a two-time Olympic silver medalist with the United States, and a former captain of the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers. As a child, he also won the Little League Baseball World...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth20 August 1976
CityTrumbull, CT
We definitely had the bounces going our way.
It's probably a good thing to fly under the radar a little bit. Like any other poll or prediction, you want to be on top at the end, not the beginning.
It's not something I sit up thinking about to complete me as a player, but once we get into it I'm going to want to win like crazy. I definitely want to win the tournament, and if that comes with gold that would be awesome.
They've been skating the heck out of him. Obviously, a game is different than practice, but he's been working extremely hard. I wouldn't be surprised if he slides right in and does well right off the bat.
The rebound was there, and I just kind of tried to whack it and it found a hole and crossed the line.
When I see a 240-pound guy diving around like a squirt after taking one of our guys' knees out? I don't feel too good. I kind of feel embarrassed for him, actually.
Those were some tough losses. Responding to them was a pretty big step for our team confidence-wise.
Our power play certainly wasn't as sharp as it was the previous game. They got a couple of bounces in the second period and that's your game.
Our schedule is extremely condensed, but I think a lot of it is just keeping your focus, especially if you get on a good roll. You've just got to focus each and every game and get prepared mentally and physically for the next outing, because there's not much time between games.
I think the important thing is we've just got to grow as a team. You can't just learn and grow together with wins, you also have to do it with losses.
I think we're pretty fearless. We just kind of find a way. Nothing really fazes us.
I think it was exactly what we needed. Hopefully, it translates (tonight). I don't know if payback is the right word, but it's nice when you get blown out like that to have a game right away against the same team.
I think it starts with goaltending. They've been giving us great games and we have a lot of confidence to play our game and do the things we need to do offensively.
Just simple stuff, little 5-foot passes, simple passes, we were just missing them.