Craig Conroy
Craig Conroy
Craig Michael Conroyis an American former professional ice hockey player and the current assistant general manager of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. A sixth-round selection of the Montreal Canadiens at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, Conroy played 1,009 NHL games for the Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames and Los Angeles Kings during a professional career that spanned from 1994 to 2011. Internationally, he twice played with the United States National Team – at the 2004 World...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth4 September 1971
played theirs
We had our chances. They capitalized on theirs and their goalie played great.
speed
We had opportunities where we could use our speed and get going on them, ... And we capitalized.
We had a lot of opportunities, but we have to find some finish.
couple days ways
We know this isn't over. We know when we come back in a couple of days and play Russia, we have to find ways to score.
battle hard mentally ourselves score struggling team time winning
When a team is struggling and having a hard time winning you can't go down early. But mentally we have to be stronger. We have to battle back, find a way to score one and get ourselves back in it.
ended gave numerous worse
We gave them numerous opportunities . . . and they ended up capitalizing. It's worse than ever for us.
emotional meant
He's emotional after the games. I don't know if he was just emotional or if he really meant it.
against factor goes guy hard hitting ice league length past physical punch reacting role seen situation talked teams terms tough
A punch like that goes around the league in a hurry, ... But we have talked at length to him in the past about being a physical factor without just squaring off against the other team's tough guy and getting into a situation where teams are reacting to what he's doing on the ice in terms of who he's hitting and how hard he's hitting, and that's the role we've seen so far.
five four rushes second trying
That second period, in probably a three-minute span, there were four or five odd-man rushes and they capitalized. We really let them take it to us in the second period. We're trying to get the system.
believe fans hear
The fans still believe in us. We can hear 'em out there.
ask break chain consumer cut last owners price products realize run shelf sitting smaller store stores
The consumer has to ask for the deals. It's not the chain stores that are going to cut you a price break last minute, but the smaller independently run store owners who realize that if their products are still sitting on the shelf after the big day it won't do them any good.
kindness knew shower took
I knew he was upset; he didn't say much in the room. He just kind of packed up his stuff, took a shower and he left.
andy changes
A wake-up call, sometimes it's needed. Andy was here a long time. If we didn't make the playoffs, there was going to be changes - players, personnel, everybody.
believe fallen gotta last minnesota playing rid year
That's where we have fallen down the last two years, and it has killed us. If we get rid of those, we are playing .500 hockey, and we are right there with everyone else. That's what has been disappointing. You look at Minnesota last year and they were able to do it. We gotta believe that we can do it.