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
certain fact fans good huge job motivate ourselves owe rivalry
When you're already out of the playoffs, you need to find to certain things to motivate you. I thought we did a good job of stressing the fact that this is a huge rivalry for us and we owe it to our fans and ourselves to come out and put in a good effort.
break felt playoff supposed
We felt like this was it, make or break for our playoff run. This was how it's supposed to look all season.
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.
weird
Like slow-motion, off the shin pads, ... Another weird bounce.
ethic improved start work
I think it is encouraging that we are working harder. Our work ethic has improved and, if that continues, we will start making strides.
time
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.
point system trust trying
I think we're just trying to keep it simple. At this point of the season, we have to just trust our system and go out and play.
stopped
They're a little bright. But they stopped the puck.
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.
against build good hard played team win
We responded. We played hard for Brad. It was a good team win against a very good team. We can build on this.
business change coach good great head man needs
We're battling. Everyone thought Mr. Stirling was a good man and a great coach, but in this business change needs to be made sometimes. We're going to do everything we can to make this head coach successful.