Darren McCarty
Darren McCarty
Darren Douglas McCartyis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward, best known for his years playing with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. McCarty has been known more for his fists than his scoring ability, taking on the role of the Red Wings enforcer most of his career, a role in which he won the Stanley Cup four times in 1997, 1998, 2002, and 2008, the last of which after resurrecting his career in the Red Wings...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth1 April 1972
five guys playing six
Guys are always banged up. Guys are always playing with something, if not five or six things. It's just a way of life.
bring everybody excited game good guys hockey room tough winning
You just want everybody to bring what they bring. For me, it's good to be excited and relaxed. It's tough to do that but a lot of guys in this room have Game 7 experience. It's just about winning a hockey game.
best chip deserve guys limelight nice playoffs share step top
The best thing about the playoffs is a lot of the times, different guys get to step up and share the limelight for a night. Your studs and your top guys are going to usually get it as they deserve it most of the time. But it's nice to chip in when you can.
attention both everybody giving good great guys job letting neutral pay skate special talent time
You've got to pay special attention to both of them, and I thought everybody did a good job not giving them time and space. When you give guys with that talent time and space, they'll make great plays. We did a really good job in the neutral zone, not letting them skate with the puck.
bottle drink funnier picked took water
The only thing that would have been funnier is if he picked up a bottle and took a drink of water like nothing happened.
sports gambling people
As far as the gambling debts on there, not one cent was any type of sports betting. It's just something obviously I'm not proud of because it drags a lot of other people into this than I'd want. It's something I'm continuing to deal with.
team play goal
When you play teams that are good defensively and teams that have been there with experience, the object is to keep the goals against down.
team player years
It's disappointing being a Canadian and having friends on that team but that's the way it goes. It's the Olympics. It's disappointing for every Canadian but over the years you've seen the parity with all the teams because it's the best players in the world.
years nhl work-out
I'm a firm believer that everything in life works out the way it's supposed to. And who knows? I figure I've got a few years left (in the NHL) and maybe I can come back in the end.
hockey talking not-sure
They do a lot of talking, but I'm not sure they actually understand each other.
messing smile upset
Old times. Just messing around. I think he was a little upset so I had to try to put a smile on his face.
games maybe points puts
We're at 73 points now and if in 25 games we can tack on at least 30, maybe 32 or 34, that puts us at 103 to 107. That should be pretty good.
behind puck
He was the X-factor in that series. We just couldn't get the puck behind him.
came chance establish games good physical tried
We came out pretty good and tried to establish a physical presence. It's one of those games we had a chance to go up two goals, but didn't do it. It's frustrating.