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
Before, it was pretty set in stone. Adam and whoever he would play with basically took the top line, ... Now, we share those minutes. That's the way I think we have to do it. I don't think one (defensive) set can handle it.
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.
It was just a scramble. I took a couple shots that got blocked and Andrew (Brunette) made a play out front just to kind of whack the puck there. I was fortunate it went in.
Until we know exactly what took place ... that's why there's an investigation. Until you know the total facts, it's kind of difficult to talk about.
You've just got to get in and play, ... I came back (in 1996) and it took a bit of time to get things going.
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.
We expect (Dallas) to come out and play hard Friday.
Are your articles always this bias (sic) and weak, ... or are you just not very knowledgeable when it comes to sports?
You go there to have a good dinner, maybe catch a show. It's a good little team thing. When I first went, I was excited, and I'm sure some of these guys are looking forward to going.
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.
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.