Craig Conroy
Craig Conroy
Craig Michael Conroyis an American former professional ice hockey player and the current assistant general manager of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. A sixth-round selection of the Montreal Canadiens at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, Conroy played 1,009 NHL games for the Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames and Los Angeles Kings during a professional career that spanned from 1994 to 2011. Internationally, he twice played with the United States National Team – at the 2004 World...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth4 September 1971
andy changes
A wake-up call, sometimes it's needed. Andy was here a long time. If we didn't make the playoffs, there was going to be changes - players, personnel, everybody.
believe fallen gotta last minnesota playing rid year
That's where we have fallen down the last two years, and it has killed us. If we get rid of those, we are playing .500 hockey, and we are right there with everyone else. That's what has been disappointing. You look at Minnesota last year and they were able to do it. We gotta believe that we can do it.
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A punch like that goes around the league in a hurry, ... But we have talked at length to him in the past about being a physical factor without just squaring off against the other team's tough guy and getting into a situation where teams are reacting to what he's doing on the ice in terms of who he's hitting and how hard he's hitting, and that's the role we've seen so far.
believe chance cheering couple days fans ways
With the opportunities that we've had on 5-and-3 and different things, you know it's frustrating right now. I don't know. The fans still believe in us. They're still cheering out there, so we know this isn't over. We have a chance in a couple days to come back and play Russia. We have to be better, and we have to find ways to score.
points power problem turning
Those are turning points in the game. We had two of them (5-on-3 power plays). Not to be able to capitalize, you know, that's been our problem up to this point.
problem score
That's been our problem -- we haven't been able to score goals.
kindness knew shower took
I knew he was upset; he didn't say much in the room. He just kind of packed up his stuff, took a shower and he left.
emotional meant
He's emotional after the games. I don't know if he was just emotional or if he really meant it.
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It's probably way too late now to book a flight on the Concorde, but people can still get the high-end treatment with executive jet leasing programs, ... A few of these companies are offering deals for about $5,000 that include a flight across the country, a night at the luxury hotel and formal dinner. If you've got the financial wherewithal to spend that kind of money, there are any number of ways to do it.
deep hard inside scoring start winning
It's tough. We feel like we're working hard and winning battles, but we aren't able to find the back of the net. We have to find something deep inside and start scoring goals.
That kind of epitomizes the way the tournament's been going for us.
door kept lead move shut taking
They kept taking that lead back but we said (goalie Mathieu Garon) is going to shut the door and we've just got to move forward.
bad building good huge roll starting stretch teams top trying turn ways
It was huge for this team. We had a bad stretch and now we're trying to turn this thing around. We just had to find ways to win. We're down two (goals) to one of the top teams in their building and we battled back. We're starting to roll again. It's a good feeling.
acted beginning fly nice playing tough year
It's always a tough thing. He was playing so well in the beginning of the year and then his back acted up. It would have been nice to fly over with him.