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
random time
It's random testing, right, ... They see me and every time it's, 'OK Rick, you're up.'
against build good hard played team win
We responded. We played hard for Brad. It was a good team win against a very good team. We can build on this.
break felt playoff supposed
We felt like this was it, make or break for our playoff run. This was how it's supposed to look all season.
business change coach good great head man needs
We're battling. Everyone thought Mr. Stirling was a good man and a great coach, but in this business change needs to be made sometimes. We're going to do everything we can to make this head coach successful.
control desperate position seen
This was as desperate as I've seen us this year. We're not in a position to look at the scoreboard. We have to control what we can.
goal round successful
Our goal is to get to the quarterfinals. As long as we do that, it's been a successful round robin.
came crowded pittsburgh shots
Pittsburgh really came at us hard, had us scrambling there. They crowded the net, too. There were a lot of shots I didn't see.
weird
Like slow-motion, off the shin pads, ... Another weird bounce.
feels games
It feels like a must-win situation. The games keep getting more and more important.
point system trust trying
I think we're just trying to keep it simple. At this point of the season, we have to just trust our system and go out and play.
bad deserve deserved games guys harder ice last left loss losses taking
I think guys are taking this loss harder than the (blowout losses last week) to Ottawa, and to Pittsburgh. Those were just bad games we didn't deserve to win. This is one where you left everything out on the ice . . . and deserved better.
digging hole ourselves points
We need all the points we can get right now. We've kind of been digging ourselves a hole and any way we can get the two points, we'll take them.
best exciting far good guys happen patiently playing realized shot starting time turn waiting
I thought we had a good shot all along. As far back as we were, we realized we weren't playing our best hockey. Guys have been waiting patiently to turn things around. It's starting to happen now and it's an exciting time for us.
good played
I think we played good enough to win.