Gary Roberts

Gary Roberts
Gary R. Robertsis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning. Renowned for his physical fitness during his career, Roberts has become a high performance trainer for players at all levels of the sport...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth23 May 1966
CityToronto, Canada
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We wished it would have been a more meaningful game. We were looking at that game a long time ago wondering if it would mean something. Now it looks like it's going to mean ninth, 10th, 11th place, unfortunately.
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We're different guys, for sure. I'm a little more bullheaded, probably, and have to be because of the style of game I play. My game's a little different than Joe's. Joe is a real good face-off man and a good shot. Me, I spend a little more time in the traffic banging bodies and creating a little bit of havoc.
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It's been a long time (since) even a competitive practice for me. It's good to get the rust off.
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It was a very stressful time for all of us. We were sitting up here in Pittsburgh for a hockey game, and they were going through a hurricane.
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We'll take a little extra time this time around to make sure it's 100 percent.
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Unfortunately the service will be restricted to the regular parishioners and others who may attend from time to time,
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It happened pretty quickly. We're sitting up here for a hockey game and they're going through a hurricane. If we'd known ahead of time it was going to be that bad we'd have tried to get everybody out of there.
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It has definitely been longer than I thought it would be. But I've got to make sure I come back for a long time and not one or two games.
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I appreciate it a lot more than the last time I was here. After what I've been through with my injuries, I feel very fortunate to get this opportunity.
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We were looking at the camp roster during our (team) meeting (the other) night, Joe and I, and I didn't see many guys (born) in the 1960s. There were some '80s, some '85s. You realize how much older you are, but we're definitely excited to be here and be part of this team.
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The puck drops, you got to play your game. It's still tough playing against your buddies, guys that you went to war with those years here in Toronto. It was a tough game for me to play. I'm happy it's over. I'm not happy we lost.
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It would be nice of their manager Tommy Taylor to ring us rather than go to the media, especially when it is a contracted player. Tommy should know better.
I wanted to get one out of the way.
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Teams don't like to invoke those clauses. The only effort at that in my modern memory was shot down on a fairly technical procedural basis.