An immense 15 year contract he can call his own. DiPietro was the U.S.' number one goaltender for the tournament, starting four of the team's six games. As you can see from the image above, he's had a lot of injuries. DiPietro started the 2010–11 season apparently healthy and worked in a "platoon" tandem with Dwayne Roloson. list of things we don't want to see in 2013, A Guide To Getting A Tattoo: What You Need To Know, 5 Simple Rules Of Friendship That Every Guy Should Follow, Essentials: Intro To Sports Card Collecting. On September 12, 2006, DiPietro signed a 15-year, $67.5 million contract with the New York Islanders. He returned in December, though due to the strong play of Roloson, he was primarily used as a backup. DiPietro had arthroscopic surgery on Friday to repair a torn meniscus, but the Islanders wouldn't reveal which knee was injured. Rick DiPietro races up ice to answer a challenge from Penguin backup goaltender Brent Johnson. His goals against average (GAA) decreased from 3.49 in the 2000–01 season to 2.36 in the 2003–04 season. He earned his fifth loss in seven starts, as the Islanders fell 3–1. This year he got sent home from a road practice after he was struck with another lower-body injury. As a youth, DiPietro played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Beverly, Massachusetts.[11]. DiPietro made his international debut at the junior level for the United States at the 1999 IIHF World U18 Championships. He married this woman: Yes, it's pretty similar to #3 but we're going a different route … March 13, 2007: DiPietro allegedly sustains a concussion when he collides with Montreal forward Steve Begin in a race for the puck. He wasn't even off injured reserve, but that didn't stop old Rick from getting hurt one more time. 2003: First full season - no major injuries. The injury-plagued career of New York Islanders' goaltender Rick DiPietro took another turn Tuesday when it was announced he will sit out the rest of the season to rest his chronically sore left knee. DiPietro had missed time recently with swollen knees, coming off a short stint on injured reserve to make 37 saves in the Islanders' 2-1 victory over Pittsburgh on Dec. 29. Copyright © 2010-2021 BC. Rick DiPietro needs another surgery, and yet another of his Islanders seasons appears prematurely over. DiPietro played well, sporting a 2.28 GAA, but went 1–3 in the men's tournament. 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[25] In 2019, DiPietro was named the Head Boys' Hockey Coach at the Portledge School.[26]. The start of the 2011–12 season featured DiPietro in a three-way tandem with Al Montoya and Evgeni Nabokov. DiPietro returned to the team on December 26, 2008. DiPietro attended Saint Sebastian's School. Since then, he has played in 172 of a possible 467 games with the team. Late in the New York Islanders' scrimmage September 25th, Matt Moulson nudged Mark Streit into the boards. On September 12, 2006, DiPietro signed a 15-year, $67.5 million contract with the New York Islanders. [6][7] DiPietro signed a professional tryout contract on October 25, 2013 with the Carolina Hurricanes' AHL affiliate, Charlotte Checkers,[22] playing his first game 5 days later in which he stopped 25 of 29 shots in a 5–2 loss to the Grand Rapids Griffins. The concussion was the start of a string of injuries. DiPietro, who served as the Questions began to arise in the last few days after Rick DiPietro wasn't even dressed during the last three consecutive games playing for SC Riessersee in Germany. [12] DiPietro's NHL debut was widely anticipated, but in 20 games in the 2000–01 season he managed just three wins against 15 losses for a struggling Islanders team. Before he became one-third of the popular midday radio show, DiPietro, Canty and Rothenberg, DiPietro was a goalie for the Islanders for 13 years. He played two games after that, but left after the first period his third game back. Rick DiPietro of the Islanders suffers "an adductor strain" and left game vs. Calgary in second period for precautionary reasons (per Newsday's Katie Stang). On December 21, 2010, he was placed on injured reserve, however, due to knee swelling. He played ten games the next season, as well as one playoff game, before being called up permanently in the 2003–04 season. Here's to a healthy 2012 2013 and beyond. Hey everyone! Injury has been added to insult with news New York Islanders’ goaltender Rick Dipietro suffered a lot more than a bruised ego and wounded pride when Pittsburgh’s Brent Johnson dropped him with one punch Wednesday. DiPietro's contract, the longest under the 2005 NHL collective bargaining agreement, was nearly surpassed during the 2010 off-season, when the New Jersey Devils attempted to sign Ilya Kovalchuk to a 17-year contract, but that offer was rejected by the NHL on the grounds of salary cap circumvention. The injuries kept him off the ice for weeks. On November 1, it was announced DiPietro had undergone another knee surgery after injuring his meniscus. (11/2012 Update: This article was originally posted in the spring of 2012, and now Rick DiPietro is playing in Germany during the NHL lockout. A groin injury during training camp resulted in DiPietro starting the season with the Chicago Wolves, the Islanders minor league affiliate in the International Hockey League (IHL). DiPietro became the fourth American to occupy the top draft position in the NHL Entry Draft. DiPietro sat out the first four games of the 2008–09 season (or, controversially, was on the bench as the backup) before starting the team's fifth game in Florida. Islanders general manager Mike Milbury traded incumbent goalie Roberto Luongo to create room for the highly touted DiPietro, who was known for his mobility and puckhandling skills. He returned to play games two through five of the Islanders' first round playoff series against the Buffalo Sabres. He played one season (1999–2000) with Boston University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Hockey East. [21] The buyout was completed 2 days later with DiPietro agreeing to be paid 2/3s of the $36 million he would have been owed over the next 8 years at a rate of $1.5 million per year over the next 16 years. So when CBS put out their tweet yesterday, it got me thinking about one guy: Rick DiPietro. DiPietro underwent surgery in the 2007 off season to fix a torn labrum in his hip. [24], After retiring DiPietro turned to radio hosting and is now a talk show host in New York City at ESPN 98.7. DiPietro's series of injuries during the latter part of his NHL career earned him the nickname "Rickety". DiPietro returned shortly to finish the season, wearing the old helmet and cage combo worn by former Islanders goaltender Chris Osgood. Rick Dipietro drops 2 F Bombs on live TV while on MIC at the 2008 Allstar Skills Competition. In that one year, DiPietro was named to the All-Rookie Team, named Second Team All-Hockey East, awarded the team's co-MVP and was na… After that, he was placed on injured reserve for an "undisclosed lower body injury." Rick DiPietro is always injured. Site Map | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Search. "[16], On November 19, 2007, DiPietro recorded his 100th NHL career win when the Islanders beat the New York Rangers 2–1.[17]. According to deadspin.com this chart needs updated as Rick has injured his groin yet again.). For a franchise enriched with a good amount of success, the New York Islanders are still one of the more prone 'what if' teams in professional sports. Shortly after, he injured his groin and was again out indefinitely; he later required surgery to repair a hernia in the area, sidelining him for the remainder of the season. Instead, DiPietro had signed on a one-year deal with the Islanders. EDMONTON - Though Rick DiPietro's groin injury does not appear to be serious, the Islanders have called up a second goaltender from Bridgeport as an emergency backstop to fellow former Sound Tiger Nat As a shameless plug, he wants to remind you to check out his personal website and the Research the News podcast. He wasn't even off injured reserve, but that didn't stop old Rick from getting hurt one more time. On November 5, 2011, DiPietro made 25 saves to earn his first win of the 2011–12 season. He made his full international debut soon after his WJC experience with the United States at the 2001 World Championships. His last start of 2010 came against the Carolina Hurricanes on February 6. Maybe it's the concussions taking their toll? The Islanders placed goalie Rick DiPietro on injured reserve with a groin injury Thursday, the second time this season and the umpteenth time in his star-crossed career that DiPietro has sustained a major injury. Well done, Rick. DiPietro returned to action in late October, returning to the more conventional one piece goaltender mask he sported for the majority of his career. On February 2, 2011, In his first game against the Penguins since his shootout win, DiPietro engaged in a rare "goaltender fight" against Pittsburgh's Brent Johnson in the final seconds of the game. He would then play in the two following World Junior Championships in 2000 and 2001, awarded in the former as the tournament's best goaltender and selected to the All-Star Team. [14], On March 5, 2007, DiPietro broke an Islanders franchise record by making 56 saves in a 2–1 shootout loss to the New York Rangers. Four games later, after allegedly sustaining another alleged concussion in a game against the alleged Rangers, he's shut down for the rest of the alleged regular season. [3][4] In 2006, the team signed him to a groundbreaking 15-year, $67.5 million contract,[5] but a string of injuries beginning in 2008, which limited him to 50 NHL appearances over the next five seasons, led to a contract buyout on July 2, 2013, with eight years remaining on his contract. During practice for the Islanders' third game, DiPietro took a hard shot to his mask from Brian Rolston, which concussed him and sidelined him indefinitely. 2008: Knee, hip surgery, lower body injury/groin, 2011: Multiple groin injuries, facial injury, concussion. Maybe we should add a DiPietro injury to the list of things we don't want to see in 2013... Ray is the founder of BC. DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER | Feb 04, 2011 at 4:49 PM . Richard W. DiPietro Jr. (born September 19, 1981) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender and current co-host of ESPN 98.7 FM's "DCR" with Chris Canty and Dave Rothenberg. New York Islanders oft-injured goaltender Rick DiPietro is out indefinitely with a concussion, the team announced. The record was later broken by Dwayne Roloson in 2009.[15]. [13] Newsday reported that the team offered him a 15-year contract in September 2005, but the NHL front office discouraged the Islanders from making such an offer. I'll say this much, despite us and a lot of other people poking fun at his injury history, the dude is a beast goalie when he's healthy. On December 31, the Islanders traded Roloson to the Tampa Bay Lightning, confirming the starting job for DiPietro. UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Oft-injured Rick DiPietro is out of the New York Islanders' lineup again, this time after he was hurt in practice. DiPietro and the Islanders defeated Pittsburgh in a 2–1 shootout decision behind the sharp play of DiPietro. [23] He was cut by the Checkers on November 26. DiPietro attended Saint Sebastian's School. 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