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
Tonight wasn't one of our better games, but we managed to find a way.
We've been playing solid in games that didn't mean anything and tonight they came after us. We ran into penalty trouble in the second period. After that, we just tried to kill the clock.
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.
I'm feeling good. I've felt pretty good for a while now. I just want to help this team win in whatever way necessary.
I hope (the pain) is gone after the Olympic break.
I had to figure what was I going to do with my house in Long Island, how I was going to move everything, whether my family was going to come to St. Louis, and where I was going to stay. It was crazy. Playing is the easy part.
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 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.
What I've done in the past doesn't mean anything. I still have something to prove. I want to be here. I want to stay here, and to do that I have to play well.
To have that many goalies is tough. You have to be cohesive with your defense. With seven or eight guys, you never know what will happen there night to night. I know that if I can be solid we have a great chance to win.
Everybody else was going to make a big deal about it, but we just decided we weren't going to get involved in that. We were just going to play. And whoever's playing, the other guy supports him and works hard. That's the way we approached it.
I've been working on things during practice, and it's coming through in the games. I feel pretty good about the job I'm doing and the role I have. I have to stay ready when Manny needs a break.
I don't know why. I've just always enjoyed playing in this building and playing against them. It's just one of those things. I can't pinpoint it other than I like playing against them.
I felt good from the start. Moving around early helped me.