Rick DiPietro
Rick DiPietro
Richard W. DiPietro, Jr.is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was the first overall selection by the New York Islanders in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. DiPietro is currently a NY sports talk show host on ESPN 98.7 FM. He co-hosts the "Hahn & Humpty show" with Alan Hahn. DiPietro signed a groundbreaking 15-year contract in 2006, after which he suffered a string of injuries from 2008 until he was subsequently bought-out by the Islanders on July 2,...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth19 September 1981
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Obviously, you're going to have jitters the first time you play in this event, but at the end of the day, it's still the same game.
contained hat
Did he have a hat trick? We really contained him.
exposed good moved puck
They moved the puck pretty well and exposed us a bit, ... (Crosby's) a good player, but that's a good line.
game olympic pulled team whether
You don't want to get pulled in a game whether you make the Olympic team or not.
fans rangers
There were a lot of Rangers fans here tonight.
good hockey mistakes room stepping tonight
This is grind-it-out hockey and we don't have any room for mistakes. Tonight was good stepping stone.
This isn't something any of us are used to.
current feels game needed obviously playoff situation type
This is playoff type hockey. Every game feels like a must win, especially with the current situation that we're in. Disappointing. Obviously we needed these two points. But, they (games) just keep getting more and more important.
good lose shots
A win's a win. To see 60 shots and lose wouldn't be a good feeling. I'll take this any day.
brutal stayed
That was a brutal move, I should've just stayed in the net. That was embarrassing.
allowing chance gave huge national
They gave me a huge chance by allowing me to play for the national program,
control desperate position seen
This was as desperate as I've seen us this year. We're not in a position to look at the scoreboard. We have to control what we can.
digging hole ourselves points
We need all the points we can get right now. We've kind of been digging ourselves a hole and any way we can get the two points, we'll take them.
definitely eight gain tough
We're all professionals here, but it's definitely going to be tough now to gain that eight spot.