Chris Osgood
Chris Osgood
Christopher John Osgoodis a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently ranked tenth in wins in NHL regular season history with 401. Osgood spent the first part of his 17-year NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings, then the New York Islanders and the St. Louis Blues before returning to Detroit in 2005. He won three Stanley Cup championships in his career, all with the Red Wings, with two of them coming while he was starting goaltender. Osgood...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth26 November 1972
CityPeace River, Canada
We weathered the storm. We seemed to play better as the game went along.
For me, it's better to be out for a week or two weeks, than be out for three months. It doesn't feel as bad as what they say, but I've never had a groin injury, so I don't know how long it will be. I don't feel I'll be out that long, for some reason. I don't know. I have to wait to put my stuff on, see how I feel.
It seems as if we don't turn it over as much on the road as we do at home. We're real smart and we keep ourselves in every game.
I've got to find the second one. It went through two or three guys, and it just hit me in the side and went in.
It's something I'd been looking forward to for a long time, playing a game at home. It's a lot better playing in red and white. I've been under siege a few times at the other end.
It's a shame. It's such a good sports city and I remember playing during the playoffs and the rink was really loud. It's a shame, you see games on television now and there's hardly anybody in the stands.
It was something I was looking forward to for a while, the chance to play at home. It was tough missing opening night, missing so many games with an injury. So now, about a month later, I get to play at home under different circumstances. I enjoyed it. Ever since I came back and put the jersey on, I've been fired up about playing here.
We ran into a team that's really good. Nowadays, when the playoffs start, there's no underdogs.
A lot of guys get traded on that day; it's not really fun. There are very few guys that want to get traded.
I think we're all wondering how the game is going to be called, whether there is going to be a parade of players to the penalty box.
I was just asking him how he was, and I said I was ready and he didn't have to push it if he was injured, and that was it, really.
I went from thinking I might get traded to thinking I was not getting traded to being traded. For the guys who might get traded, it's like a roller-coaster day and you can't do anything about it. It's not a fun day.
He doesn't really talk about his accomplishments too much. He seems to be getting better and better for the playoffs.
He doesn't really talk about his accomplishments too much. Half the time when he does accomplish something, nobody even knows it's coming up because he doesn't say anything or nobody else says anything. He has more goals than Mario ... he's been a pillar of strength for our organization.