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.
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.
words
It's frustrating as a goalie. I can't even put it to words right now.
talk talking trash
If you want to talk about trash talking, you're talking Snowy. He's one of the best.
fans games goals guys ourselves owe personal
I mean, guys have personal goals now and things they want to do. We have to keep winning. There are still 10 games left. We owe it not only to ourselves but the fans to come out and play hard.
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.
doctor
I don't know. I'm going to go see a doctor (Sunday).
cable guess watching
You can't say that? I thought it was cable. I guess I'm watching too much cable TV.
goal round successful
Our goal is to get to the quarterfinals. As long as we do that, it's been a successful round robin.
help hopefully olympic road sure until
We have a long road until the Olympic break, and hopefully we can keep getting those wins, ... It's one game, and I'm sure it's going to help me out a little bit. But at the end of the day I've still got 40 more before the break.