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.
corner feeling group guys hear mike olympic playing pride strong time town walk
I'm from the same town (Winthrop, Mass.) as Mike Eruzione, so every time you walk around the corner that's all you hear about is Mike and the '80 Olympic team. I think this group of guys has a strong feeling of pride about playing for our country.
random time
It's random testing, right, ... They see me and every time it's, 'OK Rick, you're up.'
lay love pride regardless time
If you have any pride or love for this team, you can't go out and lay eggs. This is a big time of year, regardless of the situation. We've got to come out and play hard.
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.
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.
enjoying expected fans fast game guys hope league power pumped series shots
I don't know if the league expected it to be this fast and upbeat, ... I don't know if it was just this series - how pumped up the guys were. But every game you see now is 35 shots and 10 power plays. It's a whole new game and I hope the fans are enjoying it.