Robert Esche
Robert Esche
Robert L. Escheis an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who is the current president of the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League. He previously played eight seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Phoenix Coyotes and Philadelphia Flyers...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth22 January 1978
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We didn't have to win four games tonight, we only had to win one. Same thing is going to be true Friday night. You can only control that day and that moment, and today we really did that.
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They told me it would be four to five months, ... and they ruled out the World Cup. I didn't want to miss the opportunity, so I rushed it. I would have never done that if I didn't have the World Cup.
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Things are going to flip around. There's going to be games that I'm winning. There's going to be games that he's winning. It's going to be a revolving door until somebody jumps all over it and runs with it.
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They always say the biggest hurdle is making sure that injury is battle-tested, putting yourself in a position where you are going to strain it. I've really pushed myself this week. If something fluky happens tomorrow, that's the way it is. I've been pushing and pushing and pushing to see how far I can push this injury to make sure it's good.
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Pressure isn't a bad word. It's a great word. It gives you tunnel vision and let's you focus on the task at hand.
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I've always been very realistic with everything my whole career. It is what it is. It doesn't mean I'm going to start being a bad team guy or give a lack of effort ... I'm not crying over spilled milk.
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You feel the pressure of the city, the pressure of your teammates and the pressure of the organization to play to the best. Pressure is not a bad word. It's a great word. It gives you tunnel vision and lets you focus on the task at hand.
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We played a solid 60 minutes tonight. Tonight we put everything together. I didn't have to do much. The guys were awesome. It looked like a real Flyers game.
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We had almost 60 (blocks or misses), and that was a bigger problem for us. We missed the net on too many shots that all year we hit the net on. We shot it high and wide off the wing where we had been accurate all year.
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That whole country knows they have the best player in the world. They know he couldn't miss the Olympics without at least trying. I just hope he waits until after they play us.
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I wasn't yelling at anybody. I was as fired up as everybody. We're all upset when goals go in. It's not a finger-pointing thing but the process of moving ahead and making sure it doesn't happen again.
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I think I knew he was there; you always know when he's on the ice, he's such a great little player. He (Hecht) made a quick enough pass that I couldn't make the push to get over there.
guys putting themselves ugly
Guys are putting the onus on themselves to get this right. It was an ugly win.
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He's a great man. I like him a lot. Obviously, stuff will come out. I don't really know the details of it. But I do know he is a good man.