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
again bit cost earlier games quite season slip tough
It plagued us quite a bit earlier in the season and cost us a lot of games, a lot of points. It cost us again tonight. It's tough to swallow, obviously. We let one slip away and have two more big games to go.
goal goes hits stick
That goal was awful. It hits my glove, hits my mask, goes off my shoulder, goes off my stick and goes in.
bunch chance hockey months time
It was just a chance to play some competitive hockey for the first time in a bunch of months with the lockout.
against continue good great hopefully kid played seems time
It seems like every time we play someone who's from here or who has played here, they have big nights. It's good for him. He's a great kid ... Hopefully he can continue it, just not against us.
afford behind drop further games ourselves putting third tough
It's a tough loss. Games this big you can't afford to drop like that in the third period. We did it again, and we're just putting ourselves further and further behind the 8-ball.
words
It's frustrating as a goalie. I can't even put it to words right now.
excuse fans good hard hockey owe played playing trying win wish
No, there's no excuses. I don't think we played as well as we did in Montreal. I don't have any answers, I wish I did. It's not a good game. We have to keep playing hard. We owe it to our fans and to each other to play hard and keep trying to win hockey games.
anytime feeling group hear mike olympic playing pride strong walk
Anytime you walk around the corner, all you ever hear about is Mike and the '80 Olympic team. This group of guys, we have a strong feeling of pride in playing for our country.
anytime fire gotta guy pride stay
Anytime you see a guy with that much fire and that much pride stay down on the ice, it's gotta be pretty serious.
best might periods seen
That might be one of the best periods I've ever seen us play.
mind ready rink time weighs
Every time you go to the rink and get ready for the season, it weighs on your mind,
stopped
They're a little bright. But they stopped the puck.
catch front opportunity pittsburgh points teams tonight versus
There's a lot of teams we're chasing. It's no different from tonight and even versus Pittsburgh they were important points and it's another opportunity to catch those teams in front of us.
cable guess watching
You can't say that? I thought it was cable. I guess I'm watching too much cable TV.