Rick DiPietro Hockey Quotations

I don't even think it was reality four years ago. I was 20 years old. Mike Richter's been the guy for USA Hockey for 15 years.

When you lose and don't get a chance to play for a medal, it's the most disappointing thing that could happen in hockey right now for me.

This is grind-it-out hockey and we don't have any room for mistakes. Tonight was good stepping stone.

It's tough. It's definitely tough. It's a sad time for all of us. I thought we were playing our best hockey as a team. It's tough now to see some of your buddies leave. It'll be tough sledding here for the next 21 games.

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.

It was just a chance to play some competitive hockey for the first time in a bunch of months with the lockout.