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.
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.
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.
We got some bounces that went our way. It was a pretty ugly game.
These European teams are well-oiled machines. They get up by a goal and it's lockdown time.
These European teams are well-oiled machines. They get up by a goal, and it's lockdown time.
There would be games where he would absolutely dominate and then he'd come to the locker room and tell us how poorly he had played.
There would be games he dominated and afterward he'd be saying how bad he played. He's never satisfied.
We wanted to go out with a bang. We wanted to give our fans something to remember before we went away. I was pretty proud of our team.
We're unflappable on the road. We seem to be fearless right now.
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.
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.
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.
We've proven to ourselves in here (how good they can be)and ultimately that is the important thing.