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
certain fact fans good huge job motivate ourselves owe rivalry
When you're already out of the playoffs, you need to find to certain things to motivate you. I thought we did a good job of stressing the fact that this is a huge rivalry for us and we owe it to our fans and ourselves to come out and put in a good effort.
bad expect fans possibly ranger silence third words
I can't put it into words. ... It's as disappointing as I could possibly feel. There were a lot of Ranger fans here tonight. It's tough, but you have to expect that.... It's too bad we couldn't silence them in the third period.
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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.
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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.
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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.
fans rangers
There were a lot of Rangers fans here tonight.
best came effort fans forward playoffs regardless whether
This is a rivalry, regardless of whether it's for the playoffs or not or back-to-back, there's no excuses. This is what our fans look forward to and we look forward to. I don't think we came out with our best effort tonight.
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.
matter opposite spectrum
We went from one end of the spectrum to the opposite in a matter of two games.
dead weeks written
Who would have thought? Everyone had us written off for dead two weeks ago.
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.
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.