page_title: Rick DiPietro
hierarchical_section_title: Rick DiPietro
caption_attribution_description: English: Rick DiPietro, Jr., born September 19, 1981 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, is an American professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Photo taken on January 3, 2011 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
context_page_description: Richard W. DiPietro Jr. is an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender and current co-host of's "Humpty & Canty show" with Chris Canty and Dave Rothenberg. DiPietro, who is referred to as the “Bobby Bonilla of hockey”, became just the second goaltender selected first overall in an NHL Entry Draft when he was chosen by the New York Islanders in 2000. In 2006, the team signed him to a groundbreaking 15-year, $67.5 million contract, 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. DiPietro retired after being released by the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League on November 26, 2013, with whom he had signed a tryout contract on October 25. Multiple hockey writers consider him to be one of the biggest draft busts in NHL history.
context_section_description: Richard W. DiPietro Jr. (born September 19, 1981) is an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender and current co-host of (WEPN-FM|ESPN 98.7 FM)'s "Humpty & Canty show" with Chris Canty and Dave Rothenberg. DiPietro, who is referred to as the “Bobby Bonilla of hockey”, became just the second goaltender selected first overall in an NHL Entry Draft when he was chosen by the New York Islanders in 2000. In 2006, the team signed him to a groundbreaking 15-year, $67.5 million contract, 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. DiPietro retired after being released by the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL) on November 26, 2013, with whom he had signed a tryout contract on October 25. Multiple hockey writers consider him to be one of the biggest draft busts in NHL history.
caption: DiPietro with the New York Islanders in 2011
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