Rick DiPietro
Rick DiPietro
Richard W. DiPietro, Jr.is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was the first overall selection by the New York Islanders in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. DiPietro is currently a NY sports talk show host on ESPN 98.7 FM. He co-hosts the "Hahn & Humpty show" with Alan Hahn. DiPietro signed a groundbreaking 15-year contract in 2006, after which he suffered a string of injuries from 2008 until he was subsequently bought-out by the Islanders on July 2,...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth19 September 1981
good recipe
If we could use that same recipe for other games, we'd be in good shape.
allow piece sign
I didn't want it to be me that didn't allow us to sign him, ... He's an important piece to us winning. I want him here as much as anybody.
four guy hockey mike reality usa
I don't even think it was reality four years ago. I was 20 years old. Mike Richter's been the guy for USA Hockey for 15 years.
arm head piece swung
On the first one, someone got a piece of it. Luckily, I swung my head around to see him and got my glove and arm up in time.
time
Obviously, you're going to have jitters the first time you play in this event, but at the end of the day, it's still the same game.
chance happen hockey lose
When you lose and don't get a chance to play for a medal, it's the most disappointing thing that could happen in hockey right now for me.
dead weeks written
Who would have thought? Everyone had us written off for dead two weeks ago.
again bit cost earlier games quite season slip tough
It plagued us quite a bit earlier in the season and cost us a lot of games, a lot of points. It cost us again tonight. It's tough to swallow, obviously. We let one slip away and have two more big games to go.
random time
It's random testing, right, ... They see me and every time it's, 'OK Rick, you're up.'
excuse fans good hard hockey owe played playing trying win wish
No, there's no excuses. I don't think we played as well as we did in Montreal. I don't have any answers, I wish I did. It's not a good game. We have to keep playing hard. We owe it to our fans and to each other to play hard and keep trying to win hockey games.
point points satisfied spot taking
It's still a point lost. We're in no spot where we can be satisfied taking just one point. We need to take as many points as we can get.
words
It's frustrating as a goalie. I can't even put it to words right now.
against continue good great hopefully kid played seems time
It seems like every time we play someone who's from here or who has played here, they have big nights. It's good for him. He's a great kid ... Hopefully he can continue it, just not against us.
afford behind drop further games ourselves putting third tough
It's a tough loss. Games this big you can't afford to drop like that in the third period. We did it again, and we're just putting ourselves further and further behind the 8-ball.