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
game olympic pulled team whether
You don't want to get pulled in a game whether you make the Olympic team or not.
catch front opportunity pittsburgh points teams tonight versus
There's a lot of teams we're chasing. It's no different from tonight and even versus Pittsburgh they were important points and it's another opportunity to catch those teams in front of us.
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.
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.
good olympic since team
I think we've been pretty good defensively since the Olympic break. It's been good team defense.
hard playing stops team
I don't think any team stops playing hard because they had some injuries.
deserve games instinct killer level needed second teams took
This was one of those games that we didn't deserve to lose. They took it to another level in the second period. We needed to have that killer instinct and put teams away.
bad kindness move
I kind of made a bad move there.
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.
goal goes hits stick
That goal was awful. It hits my glove, hits my mask, goes off my shoulder, goes off my stick and goes in.
bunch chance hockey months time
It was just a chance to play some competitive hockey for the first time in a bunch of months with the lockout.
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.
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.