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
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 it's hard to project what a guy's going to do, one year out of college, one year in pro. It's a lot of pressure on a kid. But overall he's handled it extremely well.
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.
We got some bounces that went our way. It was a pretty ugly game.
We were down, 2-0, on the road, but we still seem to find a way. It's been amazing.
We've proven to ourselves in here (how good they can be)and ultimately that is the important thing.
Personally, I think he's the real deal. I've skated with him and have seen what he can do. But it's hard where everywhere he goes there's a press conference. It would be good for people to let him be a kid in the league and be a rookie and let him adjust as he goes.
It exemplifies a little bit of our season. There's no quit no matter what's left on the clock or what the situation is.
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.
That was a pretty good effort right from the start. We've come a long way. The beatings they put on us were the low point, but we responded and stuck together, and to come out with a game like that is pretty nice to see.