Robert Esche
Robert Esche
Robert L. Escheis an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who is the current president of the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League. He previously played eight seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Phoenix Coyotes and Philadelphia Flyers...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth22 January 1978
instead learn net worrying
We just have to learn to play from the net out defensively instead of worrying so much about offense.
accurate almost bigger high hit missed net problem shots wide wing year
We had almost 60 (blocks or misses), and that was a bigger problem for us. We missed the net on too many shots that all year we hit the net on. We shot it high and wide off the wing where we had been accurate all year.
breaking calm clutch cracking heat nor relaxed sees situations team
You have to be very calm, especially in the most clutch situations in a game. If the other team sees that a goalie is calm and relaxed in the heat of battle, that's a pretty intimidating thing. They know they are not breaking nor cracking him.
bad focus gives great lets pressure task teammates tunnel vision
You feel the pressure of the city, the pressure of your teammates and the pressure of the organization to play to the best. Pressure is not a bad word. It's a great word. It gives you tunnel vision and lets you focus on the task at hand.
hour ourselves pushing
We've been pushing ourselves to the 11th hour all season, and now is no different.
against game played time
We've played pretty well against them this year. At this time of the year, every game can go one way or the other.
control four friday games today true win
We didn't have to win four games tonight, we only had to win one. Same thing is going to be true Friday night. You can only control that day and that moment, and today we really did that.
front game home job owe people watching
We've got a big job in front of us right now. We owe it to all the people that were watching this game back home to come home strong.
great hockey sign
I'd like to think we're better than any one player. I think that's the sign of a great hockey club.
few gifted good nice plays scoring
I don't know what went wrong. They were very opportunistic in the first period. Good scoring chances. A few nice plays from gifted players.
focused leaving seven
My first thought? You can't write it. I'm focused on seven games. I'm focused on leaving this one behind.
game good next ourselves outright rest win
If we go out and win outright the rest of the way through, we put ourselves in a good position. But we have one game, and that's Thursday. Then after that we have one game, and it's Saturday. Right now, each game is more important than the next and that's the way it's going to be right through the playoffs.
game helped scoring stronger
We did give up a lot of scoring chances, but I'm not going to say that a stronger game out of me wouldn't have helped us get it into overtime.
great knew pass push quick
I think I knew he was there; you always know when he's on the ice, he's such a great little player. He (Hecht) made a quick enough pass that I couldn't make the push to get over there.