Rob Blake
Rob Blake
Robert Bowlby Blakeis a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player and the current assistant general manager of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. He was originally drafted by the Kings in 1988, appearing in the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, winning the James Norris Memorial Trophy and serving as team captain for five seasons in his initial 11-season stint with the club. In 2001, Blake was traded to the Colorado Avalanche and helped the team win their second...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth10 December 1969
CitySimcoe, Canada
We knew they were going to give it their best. They have a lot of character and a lot of veterans over there. We weren't up to the task. They are right back in this series.
We know he's very talented. We're asking a lot of him, but he's up to the task.
In the first period, if it wasn't for Abby, it could have been 6-1. In the first period, they were all over us making plays wherever they wanted.
In the third when we opened it up and we started to pinch and create chances, it took just one opportunity for them and they buried it. That's the dynamic of this team.
He's our guy, he's our leader, we're 100 percent behind him. He's not any different now. He walks into the room just like he did four years ago, puts the players at ease and away we go.
Honestly, it's not a distraction to us whatsoever. We're going over there for two weeks to bring back a gold medal.
If I get in there, we know that the goalies have been really good.
I don't think there's any rhyme or reason for it. There's enough talent out there with that group of five (players) where you've got to make those plays.
It's pretty awesome when you can come with a 1-2 punch like Peter and Joe. But it's going to be a little difficult to designate a line to slow down another line if they call obstruction the way they say they will.
It's tough to play teams like this. They are playing for their jobs and they come after you.
It's a different feel for that game than any other game on your schedule. It has in the past, and always will.
It wasn't about the Stanley Cup the year before, it was all about the gold medal. That's been the talk the last three years, and now this year. When you go home in the summers, the gold medal is remembered more. The difference now is defending the gold medal.
I've got to start getting the puck to the net a little more, ... I usually have more shots than I do right now (14), that's for sure. I can pick that up, jump in the play a little more. I think I'm lacking a little offensively.
Not good. It's not the outcome any of us wanted by any means.