Luc Robitaille
Luc Robitaille
Luc Jean-Marie Robitailleis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player, and currently serves as President of business operations for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth17 February 1966
CityMontreal, Canada
alone certainly hard hockey team
As a hockey player, you play for the team and for your teammates. You never play for yourself or think about yourself. This is not tennis, where you're alone on the court. Hockey is a team game, so this is very hard for me to handle. It certainly is overwhelming.
best definitely game gave guys last played thankful three tonight
Definitely you could tell tonight the guys wanted to win. That's probably the best game we've played in the last three weeks. We all gave it a little extra, and I'm thankful for that.
decision difficult game incredible journey love playing retire
I have had an incredible journey playing the game I love and my decision to retire has been a very difficult one for me.
guys offer phil selling
Selling L.A. is going to be easy. Phil (Anschutz, the Kings' co-owner) should offer the young guys a movie role.
fun halfway hit morning ready realized
It really hit me this morning, in the morning skate, when I was getting myself ready to play. Halfway through, I realized it was my last. ... It was really fun to play this one.
attention details games knows mental mistakes pay team time work year
This is the time of year when you have to pay attention to details as a team, and right now we're not doing the little things right. Every team is going to play us hard, and every team knows we work hard. But it's mental mistakes that's costing us games right now.
believe career
This is where I started my career and this is where I believe I will end my career. This is where I belong. This is my home.
amazing bunch chances deep enjoyed felt game happy knew last nervous scoring special wish
It was a lot of fun. I do wish I would have scored on that shot, but it was a very special night. It was amazing how nervous I was at the beginning. I don't think I ever felt that way, but I knew down deep it was my last game here. I had a bunch of scoring chances and I enjoyed it. I'm real happy we won. What a way to go out.
given heck love sharks shocked
What the Sharks did, it shocked the heck out of me. We've always been rivals, but I think they know how much I love this game, and how much I've given to it.
people
I just don't like to see people suffer,
asked barely came move spoke took worry
He took me under his wing. I came here and I barely spoke English. He asked me what I wanted to do. I said, 'I just want to play hockey.' He said, 'Why don't you move into my house?' That was great. I didn't have to worry about anything but hockey.
anywhere circle drew radius stick took
He took his stick and drew a circle with about a 6-foot radius and said, 'Put it anywhere in there.'
battle feeling game good hard hit lose obviously soon tie wrong
Good tip, wrong end, wrong time. As soon as it hit my stick, you just get that feeling where it's not good. Just more frustration. You battle hard to tie it up. Obviously a big game for us. To lose it that way, that's the game, I guess.
biggest controlled knew last later olympic period puck rewarded sooner
We knew it was the last period before the Olympic break, so we had to go all out -- and we did. We just knew we had to keep coming. Sooner or later when that happens, you get rewarded with breaks. I just didn't know if it was going to be today. We controlled the puck better, made better dump-ins, and that was the biggest difference.