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
His presence will still be there, even if he can't be there in person. He's the greatest player in the world, and his presence and name means a lot to Canadian hockey.
He's been great. He's a reaction goalie and he's been on since Day 1 through the whole season. He's a reason their team is up so high.
He's been a key to our success because I think other players take from what he does out there and their game picks up.
We just have to hope we're in striking distance near the end (of the season).
For those of us who play in the U.S., it was good to be reminded of the sense of passion for the game in Canada.
I was trying to go up high and he was right there. He made it look real easy.
I think our power play can be more consistent. At times it's real good. In a couple other games, it's let us down. You know you're going to have three or four opportunities every night, and that has to be there.
I think people understand there's a business side to the game and that's been put in the past now. It's time to move on and the excitement of the game will live again.
You don't even worry about what happened at the end of the season. Our whole focus is on Dallas this week. We'll go over their game plan and our game plan against them. As far as the regular season, that's forgotten and we go on.
We needed to get something there. It was big. We could have used that one.
We finally had to battle to win a game. I think we've been getting away with just outscoring teams and it's kind of caught us the last two weeks. We haven't been working nearly hard enough to win games.
If I get in there, we know that the goalies have been really good.
I don't think there's any rhyme or reason for it. There's enough talent out there with that group of five (players) where you've got to make those plays.
The good thing I see is that there are so many good, young players that are 25 and under. It's great for our game.