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
love passionate people skilled
He's big and strong, skilled and yet passionate about the game. You want more and more people to know him, because when they get to know him, they're going to love him.
hockey synonymous usa
He's been a big part of USA hockey for a long time. It's surprising. He's kind of synonymous with USA hockey.
bench definitely played plays stood thinking three tonight tournament
He made some real big saves. There were two or three plays, I stood up on the bench thinking they were in and he made the saves. If your goalie plays well in a tournament like this, you're going to have a chance, and tonight he definitely played well.
behind distance lost matter points talked team teams wins won
We talked as a team that his was a big game. If we won we'd be up by 10 points, if we lost we'd be up by six, so we wanted to put some distance between the teams behind us. It doesn't matter how pretty the wins are, we have to get as many points as we can.
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.
door kept lead move shut taking
They kept taking that lead back but we said (goalie Mathieu Garon) is going to shut the door and we've just got to move forward.
bad building good huge roll starting stretch teams top trying turn ways
It was huge for this team. We had a bad stretch and now we're trying to turn this thing around. We just had to find ways to win. We're down two (goals) to one of the top teams in their building and we battled back. We're starting to roll again. It's a good feeling.
emotional meant
He's emotional after the games. I don't know if he was just emotional or if he really meant it.
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.