Rob Blake
Rob Blake
Robert Bowlby Blakeis a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player and the current assistant general manager of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. He was originally drafted by the Kings in 1988, appearing in the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, winning the James Norris Memorial Trophy and serving as team captain for five seasons in his initial 11-season stint with the club. In 2001, Blake was traded to the Colorado Avalanche and helped the team win their second...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth10 December 1969
CitySimcoe, Canada
(The Red Wings) are the one team in the league that challenges you with puck possession. We didn't match them today in intensity.
In the third when we opened it up and we started to pinch and create chances, it took just one opportunity for them and they buried it. That's the dynamic of this team.
Honestly, it's not a distraction to us whatsoever. We're going over there for two weeks to bring back a gold medal.
In the first period, if it wasn't for Abby, it could have been 6-1. In the first period, they were all over us making plays wherever they wanted.
He's our guy, he's our leader, we're 100 percent behind him. He's not any different now. He walks into the room just like he did four years ago, puts the players at ease and away we go.
We didn't get the puck in the net. That's the bottom line. Three out of four games, it's tough.
The power play has to be the key. You look around the league and see the penalties that are being called, you have to take advantage of the opportunities.
When you look at the standings, that second point is big.
When you give them a chance like that in the third, they are going to bury it. It only took a couple of plays to turn this thing around.
When the final outcome is either win or you're going home ... the intensity will pick up.
We had a quick one early on but the second one was a major one, it lasted a minute. The big difference in their 5-on-3? They made the play.
When you win some games in a row, the panic gets out of the way. We know David's going to shut it down for us now.
He was thrown into a defensive role because of his speed. He can use that the other way, too. He usually gets a chance or two a game where he's all alone on the goalie, so he'll be very effective for us.
I think the last 25, 30 games, we've been battling to find our way into the playoffs, and once we succeeded, I think the emotion was tough to bring. But now we move on against Dallas, and I think you'll see we won't have trouble bringing emotion.