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
against beat good losses turned undefeated
I don't know if things have to be turned around. We had two losses against two good teams. You can go undefeated in the preliminaries and still get beat in the quarterfinals. As long as we get there, we'll be OK.
against bottle devils efforts explain fighting guess match playoff teams
I don't know how to explain it. If we could bottle up these efforts against the Devils and use them every night, we wouldn't be fighting for a playoff spot. Some teams you just match up well with and I guess this is one of them.
enjoying expected fans fast game guys hope league power pumped series shots
I don't know if the league expected it to be this fast and upbeat, ... I don't know if it was just this series - how pumped up the guys were. But every game you see now is 35 shots and 10 power plays. It's a whole new game and I hope the fans are enjoying it.
doctor
I don't know. I'm going to go see a doctor (Sunday).
exciting game happy
I feel happy that we got the two points, ... It was an exciting game to be a part of.
fans games goals guys ourselves owe personal
I mean, guys have personal goals now and things they want to do. We have to keep winning. There are still 10 games left. We owe it not only to ourselves but the fans to come out and play hard.
continued heads legs losing proud six stuck work
I'm proud of the guys. We could've kind of tanked it after losing six and stuck our heads between our legs and said, 'This one is over.' But we continued to work hard.
talk talking trash
If you want to talk about trash talking, you're talking Snowy. He's one of the best.
bad kindness move
I kind of made a bad move there.
care clerk europe last name saw took
The clerk saw their last name and took care of them. Told them where to go and what to do. My grandfather's from Italy. I've been all over Europe but never here. That's what makes it so exciting.
minutes played
The first 15 minutes were great; we played as well as we have all season,
cable guess watching
You can't say that? I thought it was cable. I guess I'm watching too much cable TV.
corner feeling group guys hear mike olympic playing pride strong time town walk
I'm from the same town (Winthrop, Mass.) as Mike Eruzione, so every time you walk around the corner that's all you hear about is Mike and the '80 Olympic team. I think this group of guys has a strong feeling of pride about playing for our country.